Olive Branches

Olive Branches: A Hope for Peace for All Americans By: Stan E. Hughes aka Ha-Gue-A-Dees-Sas Olive Branches: A Hope for Peace for All Americans seeks to provide ways for people in the United States to become a little kinder and patient towards the many disenfranchised that seek the American Dream. Rudeness and prejudice continue to permeate more deeply than ever into this beautiful country and is continually modeled by government and business leaders, making it supposedly acceptable for others to do the same. What was once considered greedy or excessive is rapidly becoming the norm and a mirror needs to be held up to show us what we are really becoming as a people. This book seeks to teach readers to “live simply so others may simply live”. These lessons come from the author’s forty years of experience in the public school system as a teacher, administrator, and college professor. He observed how children look at the influential people in their lives as they are trying to find out what it is like to be a “grown up”. As they continue to watch the mean and thoughtless side of interpersonal relationships, will yet another generation go on to make the canyon separating our country even wider? About the Author Stan E. Hughes a.k.a. Ha-Gue-A-Dees-Sas (Seneca for “Man Seeking His People”) is a retired public school administrator and college professor with an extensive publication background including an Editor’s Choice Award from the International Library of Poetry and the Nation Silver Arrow Award for Excellence in Native American Literature for his book Medicine Seeker. Hus publication on Chesapeake Bay history titled Children of the Blue Fish continues to be lauded by critics and readers across the country. Hughes was very active in Native American Education issues,…