The Native Who Needed To Change - Whitney Shaw (best short novels .txt) 📗

and borrowed some glue from a kid and poured some on Matthew's head. Then the bus came to a stop at the school, Kicking Bird got off the bus shaking his head. Little Crow quickly smacked Matthew in the head, smearing the glue on his head.

 

"Sorry, you had a bug on your head, but no worries, I got it," Little Crow and his friends leaving the bus and going into the school.

 

Little Crow quickly went to the restroom and cleaned his hands and went back to his class room. In the hall everybody started to point and laugh.

 

"What are ya'll laughing at?" asked Matthew in anger.

 

A freshmen girl handed him a mirror, when he saw the glue on his head. His face turned red, he was very angry.

 

"LITTLE CROW!" shouted Matthew.

 

In Little Crow's classroom everybody started laughing and giggling.

 

Matthew went to the restrooms to wash his head off of the glue and went to class.

 

"That was great, nobody has ever done that to him in a long time," said a boy in Little Crow's class.

 

"Yeah, you can't let them walk all over you," said Little Crow.

 

"That's true," said the boy.

 

Then they started to do vocabulary until the bell rang. Then the bell rang and everybody went to the cafeteria. As Little Crow and his friends were headed towards the door, Kicking Bird was standing there with his arms crossed and shaking his head.

 

"What?" asked Little Crow.

 

"You know what, he is really mad now, that was very childish of you to do," said Kicking Bird.

 

"So, he should be mad, he needs to know who he is dealing with," said Little Crow.

 

"Brother you need to grow up," said Kicking Bird leaving.

 

"What ever," said Little Crow.

 

They went through the lunch line getting their food. As Little Crow was walking towards his table, he saw Matthew stick his foot out to trip him.

 

"Nice try white eye," smiled Little Crow.

 

Little Crow's friends started laughing and sat down and started eating. Matthew was very angry, so he put some mash potatoes on a spoon and flicked it at Little Crow, but he moved and it ended up hitting Ivy, White Eagle's girlfriend in the face.

 

"Again, nice try, but you owe my friend here an apology," Little Crow turning around and went to Matthew's table.

 

" I meant to hit you, but you moved, so it is what it is," said Matthew smiling.

 

"Stand up now," said Little Crow.

 

"Why?" asked Matthew.

 

Little Crow grabbed Matthew by the collar of his shirt and stood him up.

 

"Now your going to apologize to my friend," demanded Little Crow.

 

"Get your hands off me, I am not apologizing to no one," Matthew trying to get away.

 

Ivy's boyfriend, White Eagle got up and walked over towards Matthew.

 

"Your going to apologize to my woman, I'll brake your arm if you don't," said White Eagle.

 

"No," said Matthew.

 

White Eagle grabbed Matthew's arm and pulled it behind him and liftied his arm up until he said he was sorry.

 

"Now bring him over to Ivy," said Little Crow smiling.

 

"Apologize!," shouted White Eagle.

 

"Ouch!, ouch!," Matthew said in pain. " I am sorry."

 

"Thank you for the apology," said Ivy.

 

"Let him go!" shouted Kicking Bird from across the cafeteria.

 

"Let him go," nodded Little Crow.

 

So White Eagle let him go.

 

"Brother this stops now, lets go!" shouted Matthew.

Healing

"Where are we walking to?" asked Little Crow.

 

"Were going to see Pete Chasing Horse," Kicking Bird getting annoyed and angry.

 

When they arrived, Pete was already waiting, he was sitting on his porch steps.

 

"Ready to get "ecktomy" off your back?" asked Pete Chasing Horse.

 

So he showed them to the back of the house and they went inside the sweat lodge.

 

"Haw" (hello) Little Crow, I'm glad you came here today, we all know why you are here, so all of us in here were going to gather our minds, were going to make our minds an hearts and our prayers as one, and were all going to pray for this young man, were going to help him to see and to hear the things that he needs to hear and that he needs to see, so at this time were going to pray," said Pete Chasing Horse.

 

So they did the healing ceremony and went on their way feeling washed, and great. They went home.

 

"Well, how do you feel?" asked Rocky Crow.

 

"Different, but we will see tomorrow," said Little Crow sitting down at the table.

 

"You'll be fine, I promise," said Kicking Bird.

 

Then their mother came home from work and started cooking, they were all sitting at the table.

 

"How was work honey?" asked White Dove.

 

"They let me go," said Rocky Crow.

 

"What? why?" asked White Dove.

 

"I don't know, but I am going to find another job, maybe braking horses on a ranch in Arizona or something," said Rocky Crow.

 

"That might be to far," said White Dove.

 

"I know, but I have to put food on the table as well, not just you," said Rocky Crow.

 

"Well its ready," said White Dove.

 

So they started eating, and it was late, so they helped cleaned up and went to bed.

Keynote Speaker

Next morning it was time to get up and get ready for school, again, they rushed out the door and ran to the bus stop and waited on the bus. White Eagle and Ivy walked over and stood next to them.

 

"How do you feel?" asked Ivy.

 

"Washte" (good)," Little Crow said in the Lakota language.

 

"Good, here comes Matthew," said White Eagle.

 

"I hope I can do this?" asked Little Crow.

 

"You can," smiled Kicking Bird.

 

"Haw" (hello)," said Little Crow in the Lakota language.

 

"Haw" (hello)," Matthew said in a surprised manner.

 

Then they got on the bus and went to the back and sat down. Matthew looked back at Little Crow with confusion. Then the bus came to a stop at the school and all the kids got off and went inside the building.

 

"Okay, what is going on with you, did you fall off of a horse and hit your head?" asked Matthew.

 

"I've never been on a horse to fall off of a horse," said Little Crow.

 

"Why are you being nice and talking to me?" asked Matthew looking around. "Did you do something to me."

 

"No, my blood is good now, no more fighting," said Little Crow.

 

"What? did you turn into a flower child all of a sudden?" asked Matthew.

 

"No its still me, I just fight when I have to," said Little Crow.

 

Matthew just looked at Little Crow and walked away to class.

 

"See told you, you could do it," said Kicking Bird.

 

"Yeah I did good," said Little Crow.

 

"Now lets go to class," said Kicking Bird.

 

So they went to their separate class rooms.

 

"Alright class open your books to page 509. were going to learn about plants today?" asked the teacher.

 

So they read out loud, answered questions, did vocabulary until the end of class. Then the bell rang and it was time for lunch. As they went through the lunch line, Matthew was just starring at Little Crow with confusion. Then they walked to their table and sat down.

 

"How long is Matthew going to stare at you?" asked Ivy.

 

"He's still staring?" asked Little Crow.

 

"Yes, very hard, if he stares any longer he'll go blind," said Ivy.

 

Kicking Bird watched Little Crow get up from his table and walked over to Matthew.

 

"Alright what's going on?" asked Little Crow.

 

"Why are you being nice, and again talking nice to me all of a sudden?" asked Matthew.

 

"My blood is good, I understand now, I am starting to see things clearly, so no more fighting," said Little Crow.

 

"I still don't like you," said Matthew.

 

"That's okay, I don't like you either, but no more fighting," said Little Crow walking away.

 

Then the bell rang and everybody threw there trays away and went to class. Little Crow and his friends were walking in the hall way.

 

"That was a good thing you did," said White Eagle.

 

"It felt good, I wasn't mad or angry," said Little Crow.

 

"That's good," said Ivy.

 

Then they walked inside, the teacher was gone, Matthew was bullying another kid.

 

"Hey, come on man, leave him alone, and give him his stuff back?" asked Little Crow.

 

"No," said Matthew.

 

"Let him go, or I'll twist your arm again," said White Eagle.

 

"White Eagle," said Ivy.

 

Everybody stood up in class and stood by the walls.

 

"So are you going to let him go?" asked White Eagle.

 

The teacher, and Principal Greg Tail Feather and a keynote speaker were looking through the small glass window in the door. Matthew finally let the kid go, and gave him his stuff back. Then the teacher and Principal Greg Tail Feather came walking inside.

 

"Matthew lets go," said Principal Greg Tail Feather.

 

"Alright class settle down, everything is alright now, today were having a keynote speaker here today with us, so be on your best behavior," said the teacher.

 

"Hello class, my name is Red Deer, were going to talk about ways that you guys can help your people and your community. Any questions? Okay what would ya'll do to help your community?" asked Red Deer.

 

"I would help rebuild homes, with running hot water, and put a gas heater in there to stay warm, help them find a job and stick with it, and stop living poorly, because there is so much out there that we don't even know or want to discover it, were so caught up in the past and hating the Government and white eyes that we choose to live this way and not try to make things right, we were once a proud people, now were the ones wanting people to feel sorry for us cause we choose to live this way," said Little Crow.

 

"Yeah, we blame all our troubles on Custer and not even try to make it right, the elders always tell me that it wasn't these people that stole our lands it was their ancestors. We blame everything on the whites today over something that happened a long time ago. Were the ones that should be blaming ourselves, for our children going to bed hungry, and living in poor houses that are falling apart, its called a job to get all that fixed. But then again, if they did get one, then they would spend all the money on beer instead of fixing there homes and putting food on the table for their children, its sad when some of these kids parents get drunk and then they say "your not my child, I disown you" now that hurts for a child to hear there own parents tell them that. We have a lot of people coming in and helping us, giving us clothes and other stuff, but we just throw it back in