Since elementary school, and amongst many new era people of this land, a peculiar story of the finding of this land is taught, retold, analyzed, and dramatized. The story of Christopher Columbus, Pocahontas, slavery and many historic First Nations Peoples. It's a part of America and is speculated to one day wake up those having American dreams and show them a happy and peaceful reality. "Remember, in order to know where we are going, we must respect and understand that from which we came." My wishes are that the readers research the vast history of this land and understand that, if they were born here, you too are indigenous to this land, and this land had a name, a culture, and an identity way before it was labeled America. And it still does. But this book dives deep into a dark and untold story. State Correctional Institution Benner Bellefonte, Pennsylvania April 2019 R.R. Banks The lives of Native Americans in the American prison system.