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Forced Assimilation – “Kill the Indian, Save the Man”

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"'Kill the Indian: Save the man': Inside the school where Native American children were forced to forget their traditions, dress and even their names to make them 'good Americans'" There are many parallels between the European treatment of the North American natives and the English treatment of the Scots (who they also felt were savages… Continue reading Forced Assimilation – “Kill the Indian, Save the Man”

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Eurocentrism – What is it?

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I am placing several items here which look at Eurocentrism - which by definition means:" Eurocentrism (also Eurocentricity or Western-centrism) is a worldview centered on or biased towards Western civilization. The exact scope of centrism varies from the entire Western world to only Europe or even just Western Europe (especially during the Cold War). When… Continue reading Eurocentrism – What is it?

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Lakota Sioux – Wiwanke Wachipi – The Sun Dance

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Excerpt taken from: †††† http://aktalakota.stjo.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=8668 The Sun Dance was the most important ceremony practiced by the Lakota (Sioux) and nearly all Plains Indians. It was a time of renewal for the tribe, people and earth. The village was large, as many bands came together for this annual rite. Each tribe camped within their own circle,… Continue reading Lakota Sioux – Wiwanke Wachipi – The Sun Dance

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Ethnic Cleansing and the Indian: the Crime that Should Haunt America -Book Review

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Book originally written by Gary Clayton Anderson This book review was written by Mark Meuwese, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and the excerpt here is taken from: https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1329&context=gsp Since the early twenty-first century, historians have paid increasing attention to the violent impact of European and American colonial expansion on the Indigenous peoples of North… Continue reading Ethnic Cleansing and the Indian: the Crime that Should Haunt America -Book Review

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Draft of Proposed Articles of Confederation – Benjamin Franklin – Perpetual Alliance

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taken from: http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_removal Benjamin Franklin In a draft, "Proposed Articles of Confederation", presented to the Continental Congress on May 10, 1775, Benjamin Franklin called for a "perpetual Alliance" with the Indians for the nation about to take birth, especially with the Six Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy: Article XI. A perpetual Alliance offensive and defensive,… Continue reading Draft of Proposed Articles of Confederation – Benjamin Franklin – Perpetual Alliance

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Clearances of the Native American peoples from their ancestral lands – (still continuing)

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I am guilty of this..... we all are..... Money wins out every time…. and we are all a part of it…. The process which started with the Spaniards in central America, then the USA and their "Indian Removal Act", and Canada….. still continues…. if we look in our hearts, what does it say about us… Continue reading Clearances of the Native American peoples from their ancestral lands – (still continuing)

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Zitkala-Sa – Yankton Dakota Sioux (1876–1938)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zitkala-Sa https://wwnorton.com/college/history/america-essential-learning/docs/Zitkala-Sa-Indian_Stories-1921.pdf Excerpt:" A wigwam of weather-stained canvas stood at the base of some irregularly ascending hills. A footpath wound its way gently down the sloping land till it reached the broad river bottom; creeping through the long swamp grasses that bent over it on either side, it came out on the edge of the… Continue reading Zitkala-Sa – Yankton Dakota Sioux (1876–1938)