{"id":1874,"date":"2016-12-06T14:23:01","date_gmt":"2016-12-06T18:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/steelmagnificat\/?p=1874"},"modified":"2016-12-06T14:23:01","modified_gmt":"2016-12-06T18:23:01","slug":"veterans-beg-forgiveness-standing-rock-sioux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/steelmagnificat\/2016\/12\/veterans-beg-forgiveness-standing-rock-sioux\/","title":{"rendered":"Veterans Beg Forgiveness of Standing Rock Sioux"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Of course it\u2019s too little and far too late.<\/p>\n

After the sordid history of our country, after everything that has been done to the Sioux and to indigenous peoples in this country, a group of more than a hundred veterans have gathered to say they\u2019re sorry and to beg forgiveness, from the Sioux of Standing Rock.<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=j28i9JXrjj4<\/a>\n

And the tribe forgave them.<\/p>\n

My feelings are so mixed right now. On top of everything else that\u2019s been done to them from the first settlements by white people in this land until now, and considering that even after the Army Corps of Engineers halted the pipeline, there\u2019s no way for their sacred sites to be restored. There will no doubt be more and more struggle and the government and greedy corporations will again try to devour their land and culture.<\/p>\n

But I am encouraged.<\/p>\n

Repentance is always encouraging.<\/p>\n

Forgiveness is a sacred thing that comes from our Creator\u2013\u00a0a step toward world peace, to paraphrase the words of\u00a0Leonard Crow Dog, the Sioux medicine man\u00a0in the video. And the Sioux have generously offered their forgiveness.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a longer video of the same event, though the audio is terrible:<\/p>\n