Land of Promise
Land of Promise
"The land is our mother, the rivers our blood.
Take our land away and we die."
- Mary Brave Bird -
"Man's heart away from nature becomes hard. "
- Chief Luther Standing Bear -
“One does not sell the earth upon which the people walk.”
- Crazy Horse -
"They made us many promises, more than I can remember. They
never kept but one; they promised to take our land, and they took it!"
- Red Cloud, Lakota, 1891 –
"The land is our mother, the rivers our blood.
Take our land away and we die."
- Mary Brave Bird -
"Man's heart away from nature becomes hard. "
- Chief Luther Standing Bear -
“One does not sell the earth upon which the people walk.”
- Crazy Horse -
"They made us many promises, more than I can remember. They
never kept but one; they promised to take our land, and they took it!"
- Red Cloud, Lakota, 1891 –
大埔農地 (They took it!)
"In the eyes of farmers, their land is like life itself, painstakingly farming and protecting the land. Sadly, ............... ". ( CNNiReport June 28, 2010)
大埔阿嬤 (Photo 天下雜誌 July 14, 2010)
" 我的田都看不到了，人生沒希望了." , "「人就快煩死了，每天都在煩惱，煩惱到不能吃、不能睡."
Helpless! 無奈!
"The land is our mother, the rivers our blood. Take our land away and we die." - Mary Brave Bird -
They took it away!
On August 3, 2010, "大埔阿嬤"在家中喝農藥自殺身亡. (自由時報)
Yeh Tze
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