The Lakota Nation: Friends Gone Bad part 3 by Whitney Shaw (read aloud books .TXT) 📕

“Jimmy don’t let them walk over you, like they did me, if you’re not careful they’ll rob you blind,” said White Hawk.

               So they bus drove away and into the school. When it came to a stop at the school all the children and young people got off the bus. Jimmy and White Hawk were the last ones off the bus.

“Hey Jimmy, you still want to be friends with this guy?” asked Victor.

“Yes, he is my friend, it looks like you had a date with him last night,” Jimmy smiling.

“Yeah, so,” said James rubbing his jaw.

“Why don’t you leave us alone?” asked Jimmy.

“What are you going to do if we don’t?” asked Victor.

“I will fight you, until you leave us alone, and I will make your life miserable,” said Jimmy angrily.

“What? You can’t fight, we’ll beat you to a pulp little man,” James getting close to Jimmy’s face.

“No, but I can, I proved it last night,” White Hawk standing straight up as much as he could.

“I have to give it to Injun, you beat the crap out of us, it was dark so we couldn’t see very well, so you took advantage of that,” said Victor walking up to White Hawk.

“But it’s not dark now,” said James smiling.

“Yeah their days are now, let’s finish this,” said Victor to James.

“Guys, come on, time for school,” said the Native Woman.

“Yeah we better listen to the teacher,” said Victor looking at White Hawk.

               White Hawk looked past the Native teacher and saw the figure standing in the door way, so Victor turned around, White Hawk pushed Victor making him fall on the steps.

“Toka he hwo heenun shun ye wa cetan” (what’s wrong, don’t do that White Hawk)?” asked the Native teacher.

“Ha ho” (look at this),” White Hawk lifting his shirt up.

“They did that last night to him, and this morning they tripped me on the bus,” said Jimmy.

“I see White Hawk already handled them, they are bruised as well,” said the teacher helping Victor up.

“Don’t help that “wa sicha” (white man) that’s what he wants you to do,” said White Hawk looking at the Native teacher with anger.

“I don’t know what’s gotten into you lately but it needs to stop, this is a side of you I’ve never seen before and I don’t like it, now both of you go inside and go to class,” said the Native teacher.

               So they both walked into the classroom and sat down.

“You want to leave?” asked Jimmy looking at White Hawk in pain.

“No, I am fine,” White Hawk out of breath and in pain.

               Then James and Victor walked in and went to the back of the classroom and sat down.

“Alright students were going to have a keynote speaker here with us today, so pay attention?” asked the teacher.

               So the speaker came in and said,

“Hello, my name is Tommy Lee Jones,” said the Keynote speaker.

               All the kids laughed and giggled.

“Yeah you thought that was funny, so did I, it’s good to laugh, now some of our people are what the elders call a lost generation,” said the keynote speaker.

“So your saying were the lost generation, well you tell us what we should do then, how can we walk the red road when you have people like that, who try to make us hate one another, or people making money off of us,” said White Hawk looking back at Victor and James.

“Well stay away from them and the drugs and gangs, and the drinking of course, tell stories, keep them alive, speak the language to others, so our language can live on, and people like that are ignorance, and they all care about hurting others, they’re the ones that are afraid of change and afraid of what is going to happen in the future,” said the Keynote speaker.

“Why do Native’s and White Americans hate each other? It was in the past and you can’t go back and change it, they shouldn’t hate us today, and we shouldn’t hate them. It was our ancestors and their ancestors that hated each other, they try to help us today and we just throw it back in their faces and blame everything on the whites for how we live?” asked the Native girl.

“That’s a very good question, you are right about all of it, we shouldn’t hate them and they shouldn’t hate us. The White Americans have brought us food, clothes, and other stuff, but we just throw back in there faces or throw out and let it pile up on the ground and get ruined, and say we don’t need your help, we also blame them on how were living, and we want people to feel sorry for us, but yet when they do, we say we don’t need your help. It makes us bad as they are, it makes us ignorant and can also lead your generation and mine off the red road, we start drinking and beating our children and wives, suicide, because there is nothing here, nothing to do, but yet we don’t blame ourselves for trying to make it a better place, instead we blame others for our problems and not even try to make it right. Even the whites are living like we are, in poverty, but they do not blame us for it, but yet we blame them for our poverty. Yes we all have our problems but blaming one another is not going to help,” said the keynote speaker.

               The bell rang and the keynote speaker said,

“Never forget who you are, or where you came from, don’t be ashamed of who you are, keep you head of and keep going, things will get better,” said the keynote speaker.

Then all the kids got up and left the classroom.

“Wow, that was a good keynote speaker, he spoke the truth,” said Jimmy with a smile.

“Why are you smiling like that for?” White Hawk asked.

“I have an Idea,” said Jimmy with a grin.

 White Hawk looked over towards Victor and James and saw the figure standing next to them.

“You’re going to use the keynote speaker’s advice aren’t you?” asked White Hawk looking away.

“Yes I am,” Jimmy said with a big smile.

    Jimmy walked over towards Victor and James.

“Hey,” said Jimmy.

“Oh boy here we go,” said White Hawk walking with Jimmy.

“What do you want half-breed?” asked James.

“To talk, if you want to be friends, you have to be friends with White Hawk, we shouldn’t hate one another, this is now, it’s time to make a difference on our Reservation, help our people,” said Jimmy.

“It will never happen, this place can’t change because the people won’t change, so get lost, half-breed before I beat you up,” said James getting angry.

“Jimmy lets go,” White Hawk shoving him into the locker, the figure told him to do it. So he did it.

“What are you doing, are you crazy, there never going to quit it’s in their blood,” White Hawk pushing Jimmy into his classroom, and White Hawk walked down the hall and went into his classroom. James was in Jimmy’s class and Victor was in White Hawks class.

“Hey White Hawk, this came from Jimmy, he told me to give it to you,” said Victor handing him a note.

   White Hawk grabbed it and looked beside him and there was the figure standing over him like he wanted to read it to, the figure said,

“Revenge,” said the figure.

     White Hawk looked at him in confusion and then he opened the letter and the figure made White Hawks eyes fill with anger before he could read the note, he just crumbled it up and threw it, he looked up and the figure was standing in the door way, White Hawk got up from his desk and walked out of the classroom, Victor followed from behind.

White Hawk swung the door open and Victor was standing inside the door. White Hawk walked upto Jimmy and got in his face.

“Let me tell you something, here are my thoughts on the white eyes, they are liars, they are selfish, and they call us dirty savages, they don’t respect the land they walk on. Jimmy you just made an enemy, Victor and James I suggest you keep your distance, I just might throw you through that window. You hang out with your kind, and I’ll hang out with mine,” White Hawk turning around and walking out the school. The figure was waiting on him outside on the steps.

“What was that,” said Jimmy in confusion. What did you guys do, we’ve been friends since we were babies,” said Jimmy.

“Alright students settle down,” said Jimmy’s teacher.

               Jimmy put his head down on his desk and moaned. White Hawk was walking home, as he was walking he went past Jimmy’s house and went to his house and slammed the door.

“Whoa, “toka he hwo” (what’s wrong)?” asked Running Water.

“Those “wa sicha” (white men),” said White Hawk sitting down on the couch.

“Takula nunwe” (what is it), was it those guys?” asked Running Water.

“Victor and James and now Jimmy,” said White Hawk.

“Sounds to me a fight gone wrong,” said Running Water.

“I guess,” said White Hawk.

“Hey dad,” said Big Ben walking in the house.

“Son,” said Running Water.

“Is Nuka home from school yet?” asked Big Ben.

“Yes, he’s doing his homework,” said Running Water.

“Sit down I’ve got some news,” said Big Ben.

“Oh,” said Running Water.

“Yeah, Nuka get down here?” asked Big Ben.

“What is it?” asked Nuka running down the stairs.

“Okay, brother is coming down to visit,” said Big Ben with excitement.

“Great, now I can show him my moves that I made up,” Nuka said about to jump off the couch and do a kick.

“I don’t think so young man, sit down,” said Running Water.“Brother is coming that great,” said White Hawk in a calm voice. He settled down a little bit.

Then there was a knock at the door.

“Jimmy,” said Running Water.

“Hi, I had no idea what he was talking about,” said Jimmy.

“I know son, you guys let those men get to you both,” said Running Water.

“I know,” said Jimmy.

“White Hawk, its Jimmy,” said Running Water.

    White Hawk got up from the couch and was about to walk upstairs.

“No sir, you come here now,” said Running Water.

“What do you want half-breed?” asked White Hawk.

“I want my friend back, I don’t know what you’re talking about or whatever those guys told you is not true, you should know that, I am your friend, I would never do anything to hurt you,” said Jimmy.

“Lies, it’s all lies, it’s in their blood, they don’t know any better,” said White Hawk in anger.

“What does your heart tell you,” said Jimmy crying.

“Are you crying, seriously