Tribe Esquecido: The Forgotten Tribe

Tribe Esquecido: The Forgotten Tribe

I’m sure you are expecting me to write on about some Amazon tribe and what is happening to them, how loggers are destroying the forest, how hunters are killing their tribe. But this tribe isn’t so far away, and is much weaker then those in the Amazon. This tribe doesn’t have any weapons and this tribe has no defense against those who would seek to harm them.

I am part of this tribe, a member from A-Z as are so many. I am also a member of a tribe that was created as a result of the weakness this tribe has. Together these two forgotten tribes make up our future and the future doesn’t look bright. For many years, tribe members have been taken off guard and gone missing. The elders seem to notice little, so many tribe members, so many things going on, it’s hard to notice. It is tradition that tribe members not go look for their friends until the moon has passed 3 times. After that, hunters are sent out to look for them for 6 moons. You may wonder; if this tribe you belong to is so weak, then why would someone take them? What good would a weak warrior be to them? The tribe that takes them, the Fierce People, cares nothing of brave warriors. They want the weak, those they can bend to their will and desire. Over so many moons near 100,000 of thousands of my fellow tribesmen have gone missing, yet the elders seem to continue life, without notice. Until a tribe boy of a head elder went missing and the mother went to the elders screaming for help. A panic engulfed the tribe; everyone went looking for the boy. In a panic, all the mothers kept their tribe members save and inside, asking the gods “why has the world gotten so bad”

WAKE UP CALL!!!!!!!!!

The story above sounds like your typical tribal story from the Amazon, but this story takes place here in the United States of America. And who are these tribe members, and what tribe am I talking about? I am talking about our children through out the US who have been abducted and gone missing. The second tribe of which I am apart of, is the tribe of survivors, children who have survived abuse and are left in the wind, forgotten. People today feel that the world has become a living HELL for children and that we must all live inside and never let our children outside, even implant tracking systems in them. Now talk about a living HELL. TIME TO WAKE UP. What people fail to realize, is while general numbers show a slight increase in child abductions, they are not out of control compared to previous years. In fact the number of missing children each year, some 100,000, has not changed in 30 years. So why have people never noticed such a large number up until now? Advances in technology have made the public more aware of an ever growing issue but an issue that has been around for decades. Over 100,000 children are estimated to go missing each year, and 200-300 of them are said to be stranger abductions. The public is now finally seeing an apdemic that has plagued us since the beginning of time. But what about those who were abused? While you don’t have to be abducted to be abused and forgotten, nor does abuses simply entail the traditional thoughts of sexual abuse. In 2000, a nearly 50% increase of all teenagers harassed in violent ways online occured. I am part of the follow statistic drawn up in a recent study. “Nine out of 10 elementary school kids have been subjected to physical or psychological bullying by their peers”. This type of abuse not only has lasting and devastating effects, it can leave a person open to take any affection they get, including from someone whose intent is to harm you.

Its important for people to understand, child abduction and abuse is not new and its not increasing at alarming rates. Its been at an alarming rate for 30, 40, 50 years. We are just not taking notice. But can a tribe like ours be truly found again after being forgotten for so long? Where is our future when the good die young and good people do nothing?

References:

http://www.healthfinder.gov/news/newsstory.asp?docID=603691 http://www.connectwithkids.com/tipsheet/2006/312_dec20/thisweek/061220_cyber.shtml