Editor’s note: This week’s column is a continuation started last week by Pastor Paul Buntyn, founder of the Abundant Life Christian Church in San Marcos, where he served for 27 years as Pastor. Buntyn has educational degrees from Manhattan Bible Institute, Incarnate Word University and Oral Roberts University.
Pastor Paul writes:
Before I share my personal history, I ask that we review what American History tells us, if truthfully taught. America did not start off as the ‘Home of the Brave and the Land of the Free’. The Native Americans felt first-hand the force of white Europeans who were thirsty for power and wealth and lands and who broke many treaties with tribes, killing the Native peoples — Braves, women, and children. They took their lands and moved the Natives to unknown lands (recall The Trail of Tears under President Andrew Jackson) where the original Americans faced unknown disease and squalid reservations. Many Native American Tribes are still not shown dignity nor are they receiving the benefits of the land which was their birthright.
