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WIZEB wrote:On this day - 1890
US soldiers massacred the Lakota (mainly unarmed, many women and children) at Wounded Knee.
The indigenous Americans have some great names for places.
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rover49 wrote:The indigenous Americans have some great names for places.
They do
Slightly OT - If anyone is looking for a good read, i can thoroughly recommend the book "Bury my heart at Wounded Knee"
A pretty horrific account of how the west was really won
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WIZEB wrote:Mr Hussein -: ''Do you consider this bravery?''
They should have replied 'about as brave as gassing thousands of innocent children you scumbag'
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tugglesf78 wrote:They do
Slightly OT - If anyone is looking for a good read, i can thoroughly recommend the book "Bury my heart at Wounded Knee"
A pretty horrific account of how the west was really won
You could also give a listen to the song of the same name by Buffy Sainte-Marie (it's on youtube), it chronicles the ongoing persecution of the North American First Nations. Such as:
Slightly OT - If anyone is looking for a good read, i can thoroughly recommend the book "Bury my heart at Wounded Knee"
A pretty horrific account of how the west was really won
You could also give a listen to the song of the same name by Buffy Sainte-Marie (it's on youtube), it chronicles the ongoing persecution of the North American First Nations. Such as:
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