Native American

1973: Siege at Wounded Knee

Ed — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 17:11:25 +0000

In the summer of 1968, two hundred members of the American Indian community came together for a meeting to discuss various issues that Indian people of the time were dealing with on an everyday basis. Among these issues were, police brutality, high unemployment rates, and the Federal Government's policies concerning American Indians.

19. Surprises

Steven. — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 11:30:21 +0000

Helen Keller had said in 1911: "We vote? What does that mean?" And Emma Goldman around the same time: "Our modern fetish is universal suffrage." After 1920, women were voting, as men did, and their subordinate condition had hardly changed.

7. As Long As Grass Grows Or Water Runs

Steven. — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 11:02:56 +0000

If women, of all the subordinate groups in a society dominated by rich white males, were closest to home (indeed, in the home), the most interior, then the Indians were the most foreign, the most exterior. Women, because they were so near and so needed, were dealt with more by patronization

5. A kind of Revolution

Steven. — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 10:58:51 +0000

The American victory over the British army was made possible by the existence of an already- armed people. Just about every white male had a gun, and could shoot. The Revolutionary leadership distrusted the mobs of poor. But they knew the Revolution had no appeal to slaves and Indians. They would have to woo the armed white population.

1. Columbus, The Indians, and Human Progress

Steven. — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 09:43:59 +0000

Arawak men and women, naked, tawny, and full of wonder, emerged from their villages onto the island's beaches and swam out to get a closer look at the strange big boat. When Columbus and his sailors came ashore, carrying swords, speaking oddly, the Arawaks ran to greet them, brought them food, water, gifts. He later wrote of this in his log: