by Iron Thunderhorse

About the author: Iron Thunderhorse, a Native American artist and shaman, is the author of Return of the Thunder Beings, in which he writes of his incarceration in a Texas prison.

Try to imagine what it would be like to be in a prisoner-of-war camp where only a small handful of people are Christians and the prisoners who are Christians are further separated from each other because your captors don't want any of you to congregate.

Every day you are subjected to ridicule. Your crucifix is confiscated and kept locked away. Your Bible is kept always out of reach. If you denounce your Christian traditions you can have anything you want. Religious leaders from all other religions are allowed to come into the POW camp regularly. You are under constant pressure to give...