Wasicu - Pronounced Wah-See-Chew

Wasicu is the Sioux word used to describe non-indigenous people. They represent a way of thinking that is beyond the comprehension of a human being (Cheyenne call us the Human Beings).

The difference is day and night. Human Beings treat everything as if it is alive: mountains, rivers, fish, animals, sky, etc. We treat it all as a sacred gift from the Great Creator - called Waken Tonka by the Sioux. Ojibwa call the spirit Gitche Manitou and Wasicu call him God.

The Wasicu treat everything as if it were dead: mountains, rivers, fish, animals, sky, and people. They treat their own people as if they are dead. It isn't their words that say this, it is their actions.
When actions are contrary words are meaningless.

Many Indians have become Wasicu. They have lost their way. They have folded to the temptation of greed and sold their very souls. They become reservation casino bosses, who hoard the income for themselves and a few that worship them and let their own people starve and live in poverty. They become law enforcement succumbing to the lure of power. They become liquor store owners that poison their own people with tobacco and alcohol. Alcoholism is the leading cause of death on the reservation. Second is suicide. Why suicide? Because they find themselves living in a society that makes no sense. The have been stripped of their heritage, their nature by well-meaning teachers in Wasicu schools or indoctrination camps.

What is a Wasi'chu? A white person without regard to the colour of their skin.