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This is from a Native American In the year 2000, I was living in Denver Colorado. It was columbus day and I was headed downtown to join other natives from around the country to stop the columbus day parade. I had my hair braided and on the way out the door I grabbed some sage. When I was almost there I had to walk past a long line of policemen who were giving me dirty looks. So I lite my sage to clear all that negative energy and continued on. But soon a cop stepped in front of me and said you can't have that, give it to me. I refused and he tried to grab it but I stepped back. Thinking I was about to go to jail, another cop said it's not illegal, so I was able to walk on. I could hear that cop almost whinning about having to let me go. I turned the corner where everyone was, still in disbelief at what had just happened and I heard someone say are you alright? I looked up and it was Russell Means. I was surprised and alittle tongue tied for a second. We ended up talking for about a minute and then he addressed the crowd and started giving directions to everyone. We held up that parade for over 4 hours. That was the last columbus day parade for awhile. Before Russell Means crossed over in 2012, he said after I die, I'm going to return and strike the White House with lighting !! Four days after he crossed, the White House wasstruck with lighting....This photo of Russellwas takenby Andy Warhol,with a Polaroid camera.