Anyway I wanted to let you know that I’ve read your blogs from time to time especially during the last election. Kent, not that we have to agree politically for me to want to read and enjoy your work but when someone like you who writes about the past and about the natives of American soil, I hoped that you understood the brainwashing, unchangeable power of American government. There isn’t a better example of corruption within government control then that of the Native American stories. Unfortunately these stories are the roots within our soul. Democrats and Republicans are the same as are Bush and Obama. You wrote it best in Neither Wolf Nor Dog: “’There are leaders and there are rulers. We Indians are used to leaders. When our leaders don’t lead, we walk away from them. When they lead well, we stay with them. White people never understood this. Your system makes rulers by laws, even if they are not leaders. We have had to accept your way, because you made us Indians form constitutions and governments. But we don’t like it and we don’t think it’s right. How can a calendar tell us how long a person is a leader? That’s crazy. A leader is a leader as long as the people believe in him and as long as he is the best person to lead us. You can only lead as long as the people will follow.’”

I hope you take this with respect. I’ve always admired your work, I just could not resist questioning your admiration for fools.