I hate how the genocide of indigenous Americans is so normalized. In high school, I can remember my American History textbook constantly painting the natives as always being the aggressors and how their aggression justified the colonizers.
In my classes it was always: "And then they invited the pilgrims over for corn!! 🥳 "
Colonialism was not mentioned once.
Settler colonials have never come to terms with their bullshit. It’s a scar here in the western hemisphere that won’t heal. It’ll need a type of reparations the likes of Germany has never seen. And it’s not just about money reparations but land reparations. Not just bullshit discounts and reservations. The only government that can do this is a Socialist one. Not one ounce of the reactionary nature and fascist nature of the current governments can remain if we could fix the scars these continents have.
I remember reading stuff like this in Canada when I was in Grade 8 and then when I went to university being so angry in one of my classes when I found out I was lied to. Not surprised this is still happening.
at least they’re finally calling them the First Nations, and not the Savage Indians. Boy, aren’t they just the wokest.
This is gonna be a classic for years to come: https://streamable.com/x8vmsu
I think we have lost all perspective about history. We can’t apply today’s environment to yesteryear events. Hopefully in this day and age one group overrunning another’s land is not as common and not as approved. But expansion and growth with the biggest and baddest winning the day was how thing worked.
On a side note, my heritage is part Ojibwa indian. French couldn’t pronounce it so we were called Chippewa. The American Indian was a brutal group, as was the islanders and just about everyone else in the past. our favorite form of entertainment was torture. If we captured you and you didn’t cry out as you were tortured to death we would strip parts of your flesh, cook it over a fire and eat you. This was to gain some of your strength of spirit. Just about every tribe were cannibles, some ritualistic some full on carve and cook.
The European settlers were horrified. I could go on, there is more that shook up the settlers about indians. Suffice to say that we have lost our history and keep trying to insert our own to fill in the gaps. Speak with your Grandfathers. Listen to their stories. Listen to the stories they have about their grandfathers. Try to understand how it was before you decide how it should have been.
apologies for the long post…fingers are tired. : )
