Posted on 04/22/2018 4:16:57 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
The Native American Chief Joseph RiverWind and his wife, Laralyn arrived Sunday for a tour of Samaria. Chief RiverWind is the Peace Chief of the Arawak Taino Nation.
The two, who came from the United States, visited factories in the Barkan industrial zone, took in the view from Har Bracha (Mount of Blessing) of Joseph's Tomb in Shechem (Nablus), and tasted local Samaria wines at the award-winning Har Bracha winery.
In a meeting with the head of the Samaria Regional Council, Yossi Dagan, RiverWind revealed the warm feelings of the Native American community towards the State of Israel in general and Judea and Samaria in particular....
RiverWind said: "It is an honor for us to be here and to meet such wonderful people, the people of this land. Your story, the people of Israel, gives us a lot of hope. Your return to your language, your land, your return to your spirituality. For Native Americans this is an exciting success story."
"We share a similar story. They took from us our language, our identity, our land, and here there is the story of returning to Israel. It is an honor for us to be in Samaria and to encourage people in America and overseas to support Israel, including Samaria, to speak against the BDS movement and to support any way to help Israel, we are doing what we can to stop the propaganda and the Israel.
He added: "The Arab occupation must be stopped and Samaria should be returned to the Jewish people as they have restored Jerusalem and the rest of the country to its owners." The two played and sang a traditional Native American song, which they wrote and composed especially for the celebrations marking the 70th anniversary of Israel's independence.
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(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/244649
Arawak Taino are Carribean...
Not, Native American...
The Carribeans were the first part of the American discovery. I thought the Tainos were all dead.
Apparently not.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arawak
Wow, RiverWind represented his people very well here.
Arawak Taino come from South America and the Antilles
Where is this guy a chief? What reservation goes he reside on?
While I appreciate and support his sentiment regarding Israel, his equating Israel with some sort of Indian reconquista in North America is off-putting and I say that as someone with documented Cherokee ancestry. The native tribes conquered and banished those who came before them, then their day came. Whining about it now reeks of gimme, as if the reservations and casinos weren’t enough. Besides, he’s Caribe but taking an affected name like RiverWind? Please. Where’s the feathered head dress, dream catcher and tepee? He’s got wannabe written all over him.
They are using the term in the broader sense of The Americas.
Interesting read about this wanna be. Apparently he is Puerto Rican and plays pick a tribe when things get hot
http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=1897.45
And Joeis really Jose Arnoldo Rivera and wife’s maiden name was Laralyn Davis
Neither is an enrolled member anywhere
Soultreans not Soul Train!
Soultreans had “Ice Privilege” to go with their white privilege!
Well, it looks like we’ve been had.
Wonder if they’re any relation to Faux-cohantas.
As often happens, Free Republic’s merry men uncovers the chicanery that so-called news outlets accept at face value. Thanks.
Most likely with close cousins to award Churchill
South of the border there is no enrollment.
Plus when the enrollment was forced on the tribes many refused to be foreced onto it. Those that enrolled were accepting the handouts while the refusenicks were making it on their own.
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