this made me think of a question i had recently when visited by an apache friend from colorado: which tribes lived in our own area before colonial times? does anyone know?<br><br>michelle<br><br><b><i><br>"Regina M. Kreger" <regina@kreger.net></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> The noose incident was sickening. Thanks to the town government for <br>quick and decisive response. It is gratifying to know that MOST of the <br>neighbors understand how devastating racism is.<br><br>Yet ....... how many walk around town with the racist name and logo of <br>our Washington hometown football team plastered all over their cars and clothes? Indians are held up as "brave warriors" not out of respect and <br>admiration, folks. Think about it. They LOST. The "brave warrior" <br>image is just a justification, a conscience-salve for the conquerors. <br>No, this wasn't
genocide, slaughter, massacre -- it was a fair fight! <br>They were brave warriors! Friends, it was genocide, and not just the <br>quick genocide of massacre, but a slow genocide that continues today. <br>American Indians today still are the poorest, most depressed people in <br>this country on average, notwithstanding a few nations that have managed to build successful casinos. The great Sioux nation, the brave Plains warriors of the old cowboy & indian movies -- they're doing worst of all. Men on Pine Ridge and Rosebud Sioux reservations have a life <br>expectancy of something like 55. <span style="font-weight: bold;">And here in Washington? The local </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Indians weren't even marched west, they were just .... wiped out.</span><br></blockquote><br><BR><BR>Some went among women who were alone, teaching them to join together.<br>For there is hope in two women, help in three women, strength in four,<br>joy in five. Power in six. And
against seven, no gate may stand.<br><br>~ Sherri S. Tepper Gibbon’s Decline and Fall ~<p> 
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