SAMOANS AND THE PIMA INDIANS

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In those particular sections of

The URANTIA BOOK

which discuss mankind's racial makeup

and early development, it states that Pacific

Islanders - referred to as "the brown man" - were

a combination of the red and yellow races.

This so-called "brown man" is "kin" to

Native Americans, they're cousins in a way.

The relatively pure strains of the red man were

forced out of Asia by the yellow man, and came

across the Bering Strait to populate the America's.

But this amalgamation of the red and yellow races,

this "brown man," was also driven out, and headed

to the east, eventually populating the islands

and peninsulas of the Pacific.

When I was in the Pacific Islands in the 90's, one of

the first things that struck me was how much some

Islanders resemble American Indians in physical

characteristics, particularly facial. I had served

as a press liaison at four conventions of the NCAI,

the National Congress of American Indians,

the oldest and largest of Indian organizations.

There were over 350 tribes/reservations

that were members. I had seen a LOT of Indians,

and while in the Pacific I kept thinking that I was

seeing a lot more of them.

Anyhow, when I was looking through a book

(LIFE PRAYERS, 1996, HarperSanFrancisco)

of prayers, poems, etc. about the human journey,

looking for something appropriate to the disaster

in Samoa, I came across this:

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Weep, my unfortunate people!

All this you will see take place.

Weep, my unfortunate people!

For the waters will overwhelm the land.

Weep, my unhappy relatives!

You will learn all.

Weep, my unfortunate relatives!

You will learn all.

The waters will overwhelm the mountains.

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Pima Song

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It should be noted that the Pima Indians

live in southern Arizona, in the Sonoran Desert,

far, far away from "the waters."

Of course, some might read this as a prophecy

regarding global warming, as well as tsunamis.

Whatever, it's all "end times" stuff.

The fact that it has origin in a desert culture

however, is mind-boggling, if not

downright spooky.

What did you just say? There's no connection

whatsoever between any of this?

Oh, O.K.

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