Thank you, my precious friend and brother in Christ. I will not abandon or deny my NDN culture, heritage, or ancestry to be a Christian. I do not have to and the LORD has never insisted that I do. In fact, the LORD has used me as a vessel to speak to my NDN friends and other NDNs I have encountered, who hate Christianity with a passion. I have been ridiculed, shunned, and criticized by other NDNs for being a part of the white man's religion. I have been told more than once that I have sold out to the white man's religion and that I have dishonored our people and our ancestors for being a Christian. They tell me that they are ashamed of me. I have had NDN friends, whom I have known since I was a child, abandon me and our friendship since I began to follow Christ. They no longer speak to me. I know what it is to struggle and suffer for the name of Christ. I have always struggled with my Christian faith and my NDN heritage, culture, and ancestry. And if it were not for a few NDN Christians, whom I have met over the years, I would not be a Christian today. They have taught that God does not expect me to or want me to become a white Christian. I can worship Him in spirit and in truth (John 3:8; 4:4) and still be who I am, a Native American. I can still be proud of my heritage, my culture, and my people, and still follow Jesus Christ. It has been the white Christians, throughout my Christian walk, who have told me that I have to abandon everything NDN to be a true and genuine Christian and to be truly saved. They tell me that I must worship God THEIR way, in their churches, and pray their prayers, because they say that is the only right way to worship God. And furthermore, just because I'm a Christian does not mean that I have to turn a blind eye and ignore the atrocities and the social injustices that have been committed against my people and my ancestors or against other minorities in this country. I will not be silenced as long as the LORD gives me a voice to speak. And that is all I'm going to say on this matter.