M1---Post Oren LYons

                                                


                                                                           M1---Post
                                                           Oren Lyons---Faith Keeper

I want to share information about Chief Oren Lyons. As part of our research/reading information for this class a video was offered for assumption. After watching the video, I was so enthused with what the Chief had to say that I want to share.
Chief Lyons has a typical American/Native background. Growing up around the culture of the Iroquois Nation in upstate New York, the Chief displayed a strong faith in his culture and in honor for the United States. After serving in the United States Army he received an athletic scholarship to Syracuse University for his outstanding play in lacrosse. Mingling lacrosse with academics Chief Lyons excelled in both.
After school, he still managed to play for several Lacrosse teams around the New York. New Jersey area. Also he worked as an art and planning director for a top greeting card company, along with displaying his own works for the public.
In time, Dr. Lyons, went back to his roots and his people. There he took on many humanitarian causes. In the video he had produced with PBS, he explained why he went back home. As I understand it, he felt he had to help his people make a difference on this earth. But upon further inflexion Dr. Lyons found that the struggles of his people were not just about them but took on the greater cause of the human kind in general. Dr. Lyons felt that an injustice to one race of people was an injustice to all. I really like his view, on this subject and would be curios how he could help the, “Black Lives Matter” movement, or if he has given thought to this cause.
Lastly, I will close on something he shared on the video. Upon returning home, the women elders asked him to become Chief. This is an observation I shared in an earlier post. I found this to be different in my view of how a Chief was selected.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oren Lyons

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_qj5_PUhlo

Comments

  1. MyBayBaileyDecember 17, 2017 at 10:22 AM

    Yes I was equally impressed with Oren Lyons as Faithkeeper. The Haudeosaunee are a strong nation of people and they have a strong leader in Oren Lyons. Another aspect of the Iroquois Peoples is that, like you said, they are matrilineal, which means the women elders decide who the best man is to represent the tribes as chief. It is a difficult position because he has so many responsibilities. As I understand it, if a chief fails to meet his obligations he can be removed from the post and another chief instated.

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