When the news broke that Dusten Brown, the real father of Veronica, who has been forced into an unethical adoption by Matt and Melanie Capobianco, was to be honored at the 70th annual National Congress of American Indians, it did not take long for the people full of hate to respond on news articles online.
These people fail to see the ignorance of their statements, and more so, their ignorance of their knowledge of Indian people.
We honor the people who fight for our country, and we honor those who fight for what is right, we honor our elders, our children, and those who stand out for exceptional courage. Dusten Brown has shown so much courage in this battle he has been going through because he LOVES his daughter.
Had the Capobianco's decided to end the fight, and left Veronica with her father, they would have been honored in ways most people can only imagine. The Indian communities would have stood up, and taken them as our own. They would have gained so much family, and been over whelmed with the out pouring of support that no public relations business could have given them. Instead, they proved to many people beyond the Indian communities just how self righteous and selfish they are. Their white entitlement attitude to destroy a little girl and her family has been broadcasted like a beacon in the night.
We will all learn from this, there is a lesson for everyone, but sadly the majority of those who supported the Capobianco's will never open their minds to their own lessons, not even when Veronica finds the thousands of posts, and blogs concerning her life, and how two selfish people would stoop at nothing to procure what they wanted without the thought or consideration to Veronica of what she herself wanted.
People are close minded, they think Veronica will forget her real dad, her real grandparents, her real family, and that when she is 18, she will thank these people for robbing her of the life she had with her people, her tribe. No words could sound more hollow.
Veronica will be reading and writing very soon, she will know how to use a computer, she will google her name, and her friends will google her name... should she forget her real family (which I highly doubt) she will learn, at some time in the not so distant future, of what happened.
I hope Veronica finds this blog, because I would give her advice, that advice would be, if she wants to be with her daddy, all she has to do is find a attorney, and take her own action against the Capobianco's, she does not have to be 18 years old. I would tell her to go to the media, let the media break the story that she does not want to be with the Capobianco's, that she seeks a legal remedy for herself, as a person, a person with feelings and desires to be where she feels is her rightful place, and I would suggest she file legal action not just to be removed from the Capobianco's, but to include a law suit against them for the pain they have put her through.
This is Veronica's life, a life that has been interrupted by corruption, lies, deceit and selfishness.
When Veronica comes home, there will be celebrations, a honoring of her, and the Capobianco's are not welcomed. They are not honorable people.
These small minded people know nothing of Indian people, they just make a choice to be hateful, a hate they hope to pass along to Veronica... but in life, Veronica has danced, she has the drum in her heart, the drum is strong, it is calling her home right now...
To Matt and Melanie, the clock is ticking on you... it is only a matter of time.
To me, Veronica will always be Veronica Brown, the name Veronica Capobianco is only used here because that will be the name to which some might search to find her, and therefore used in my blog so that they will find it.
Time is ticking, each second it ticks, is one second closer to Veronica coming back to her true home, her true family, her true people.
