Running In the Woods

When someone, an Indian, gets caught between the Longhouse religion and Christianity, when they don't follow either one or the other, we say, 'They're running in the woods.' They don't have a home either here or there, either in the Indian's world or White Man's world. They don't pay attention to the Creator, so they've got to keep running, even though they've got nowhere to go. That's a terrible thing." LOUIS FARMER, ONONDAGA
Wisdomkeepers by Steve Wall & Harvey Arden