The river and the reservation are our life. I live on the river and my people live here. I look at the Mattaponi River below, and I see things not seen by most people. I write this letter while watching the rain fall outside my home on the reservation. It’s time to look at the other side of history, the sacred history of the Mattaponi. People have not looked through our cultural lens at history. Our oral history has been kept hidden for so long, it’s dying. I don’t see a time when this history was more needed for my people than now. Daniel Silver Star Foreword: Why Tell the Story Now? Letter from Mattaponi Chief Carl Lone Eagle Custalow Mattaponi Chief Carl Lone Eagle Custalow.
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