Issue 34

"We are almost surrounded by the whites... and it seems to be their
intention to destroy us as a people."
~ Dragging Conoe ~ Cherokee, 1776

When most folks think of GENOCIDE, the atrocities of Hitler and his
entourage immediately spring to mind. But if I were to say that the
United States government and its founding "fathers" also
participated in mass genocidal assaults that equaled the sinister
political agenda of the infamous Nazi tyrant, most Americans would not
only call me a bold-faced liar, but would also want to string me up for
treason as well.

When I liken Christopher Columbus or President Andrew Jackson to a
deviant like Hitler, I am told the comparison is not only preposterous -
it is also blasphemous. After all, Hitler was the worlds foremost villain
- and America is the land of the free and the home of the brave.

I can understand the startled reaction of those people not exposed to
historical truths pertaining to American Indian culture, people, history
and issues. For most, they would never suspect their
government of purposely denying Native people of their rights,
liberties, life and land. We're taught that land was legally taken via
lawful treaties, and that Indian Wars were brought upon the innocent
homesteaders by savage Indians out to stop the civilized settlement of
the west. I mean, no one wants to believe that the land they now sit
upon was stolen... or that innocent men, women and
children were murdered in order to acquire it. Right?

Truth is, not only did the American people and government participate in
genocide, they also reveled in it and pushed it full force. America is
no better than Hitler; our beloved country has committed the exact same
crimes, nearly in the exact same fashion. The only difference is,
Hitler's atrocities spanned just over a decade while ours spans half a
millennium. That, and, the United States is better at propaganda and
cover-up than the others.

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"The bigger the lie, the greater the
likelihood that it will be believed."
~ Adolf Hitler ~
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I recently watched the movie, Nurunmberg, based on the 1940's trial of
Nazi War criminals, and was struck by the ironic words of Justice
Jackson, of the United States, who said "The privilege of
opening the first trial in history for crimes against the peace of the
world imposes a grave responsibility. The wrongs which we seek to
condemn and punish have been so calculated, so malignant, and so
devastating, that civilization cannot tolerate their being ignored,
because it cannot survive their being repeated... The common sense of
mankind demands that law shall not stop with the punishment of petty
crimes by little people. It must also reach men who possess
themselves of great power and make deliberate and concerted use of it
to set in motion evils which leave no home in the world untouched..."

When describing the men on trial, Mr. Jackson states "...these prisoners
represent sinister influences that will lurk in the world long after
their bodies have returned to dust. We will show them to be living
symbols of racial hatreds, of terrorism and violence, and of the
arrogance and cruelty of power. They are symbols of fierce nationalism
and of militarism, of intrigue and war-making which have embroiled
Europe generation after generation, crushing its manhood,
destroying its homes, and impoverishing its life. They have so
identified themselves with the philosophies they conceived and with the
forces they directed that any tenderness to them is a victory and an
encouragement to all the evils which are attached to their names.
Civilization can afford no compromise with the social forces which would
gain renewed strength if we deal ambiguously or indecisively with the
men in whom those forces now precariously survive."

At no time was it mentioned that Hitler himself admitted to admiring the
American government for their removal of American Indians - or that his
Master Race objective was similar to the Manifest Destiny declaration of
the United States in the 1800's. Both groups carted off the "unwanted"
to holding centers so unfit and unsanitary that many lost their lives to
exposure, disease, and
starvation. Both thought the removal was just, that neither group
deserved rights or liberties, and that their death was not only lawful -
it was also necessary.

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"To claim that the Holocaust was unique can only imply that attempts to
annihilate other national or cultural groups are not to be considered
genocide, thus diminishing the gravity and moral implications of any
genocide anywhere, any time. It also implies that the Jews have a
monopoly on genocide, that no matter what misfortune befalls another
people, it cannot be as serious or even in the same category as the
Holocaust."
~ Pierre Papazian ~ "A `Unique Uniqueness'?"
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We all know there are people who disbelieve the German Holocaust, which
is an inconceivable ideology to most, yet a vast majority of those
stunned refuse to believe those same atrocities were present in their
own country. They are quick to believe one... but blind to the other.
Yet the Native people of the American continents have reason to accuse
the United States, and others, of genocide. Here is a brief examination
of the crimes against humanity committed by the United
States, Christopher Columbus and others.
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First and Foremost: What is Genocide?

Genocide is a Latin word meaning - genos(race) cide (killing) -
literally translates into "the killing of a race." Webster's New World
Dictionary defines genocide as "the systematic killing of a whole
or nation." The United Nations General Assembly defines genocide as "...
a denial of the right of existence of entire human groups." According to
the UN, there are 5 acts that constitute genocide:

Killing members of the group;
Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of group;
Deliberately infliction on the group conditions of life
calculated to bring about its physical
destruction in whole or in part;
Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;
Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.

Fact: It is estimated that prior to European contact in 1492, the
Americas (North and South) were populated by roughly 145,000,000 people.
By the end of the 1800's, 95% of the population had been killed; or 9
out of every 10.

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"Indian-hating still exists; and, no doubt, will
continue to exist, so long as Indians do."
~ Herman Melville ~ 1857
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Methods of Genocidal Madness

The following is a list of acts perpetrated upon indigenous people of
the American continents. This is not, in any way, a full list, nor are
the charges given a lengthy, and deservedly so, extensive
explanation. It is a mere roster of known acts, events and atrocities
committed by the European race against the Native race for political,
social and monetary gain. Each represent an aspect of genocide I have
included resources at the end of this column for your own research on
these subjects.

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"If my people are wiped out you must destroy all photographs of us,
because future generations will look at our photographs and be too
ashamed at such a crime against humanity."
~ Davi Yanomami ~ Yanomami, 1990
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* STERILIZATION - In the mid-70's, illegal sterilization of Native
American women were performed usually after childbirth and often without
proper consent. Common Sense magazine reported that the Indian Health
Services sterilized about 3,000 women per year.

* There is evidence to suggest that DISEASES were deliberately
introduced to Native populations by a variety of sources, including
blankets. In 1763, Lord Jeffrey Amherst suggests to Colonel Henry
Bouquet that blankets infected with smallpox be given to the Lanape and
Ottawa people, "You will do well to [infect] the Indians by means of
blankets as well as to try every other method that can serve to
extirpate this [execrable] race." Evidence is also available that shows
the Native people were purposely weakened so the diseases could easily
infiltrate their communities.

* Unprovoked MASSACRES - The list of unprovoked slaughter of innocent
Native people by both soldiers and civilians is extensive. Here's a
small sampling of the atrocities:

* Sand Creek (200+ killed)
* Bear River (up to 400)
* Slaughter of the Innocents in 1643
* Indian Island Massacre (over 100 killed)
* Puritans burn over 700 Pequot Indians alive in 1637
* Over 300 die at Wounded Knee
* Battle of Washita - over 103 sleeping Cheyenne men, women and children
are killed
* 144 defensiveness Aravaipa Apache Indians are raped, beaten, murdered
and mutilated by an angry mob in Arizona. "One infant of some ten months
was shot twice and one leg nearly hacked off" said by Lieutenant Royal E
Whitman, describing the brutal massacre. 28 of the remaining children
were confiscated and sold into slavery.
* March 8, 1782, 90 innocent Christian Indians were erroneously blamed
for various crimes and then sentenced to death. The following morning,
the Indians were led out in pairs and murdered by blows to their heads
with copper mallets - in front of white settlers. 39 of the victims were
children. Later, their scalps were removed and held as trophies.

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"You will... use all means to pursade any tribe
to come in for the purpose of making peace, and
when you get them together kill all the grown
Indians and take the children...
sell them as slaves to defray the cost..."
- Confederate Governor John R. Baylor, 1862
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* MASS EXECUTIONS - The largest mass executions held in American history
were of Native people. In 1862 Santee Sioux attempted to collect their
promised payment and rations from US government officials. Agents denied
both, even though their food was stored in a warehouse at the Agency.
Though the soldiers and local townspeople were aware of the peoples dire
straits and near starvation, they took no effort to release the food
that was righgfully - and legally - theirs. In August Andrew Myrick, an
agency trader and store-owner, knew of the desolate condition of the
Native people, yet callously replied, "So far as I am concerned, if they
are hungry let them eat grass!"
Within days the Santee Sioux could tolerate no more ill treatment. On
August 18th the Sioux Uprising began. Little Crow lead the revolt and
approximately a thousand settlers died during raids
and killings, including Myrick who would later be found dead in his
store with grass shoved into his mouth. By 1864 the Sioux Uprising would
end with nearly 90% of the Santee either imprisoned or dead.
Several hundred would later be charged in the killings, leading to the
largest mass execution in US history.

* FORCED REMOVAL from HOMELANDS - Indigenous people were taken from
their homeland, their burial grounds, and their hunting/farming grounds
and forced to relocate to a place completely foreign to them. Nearly 3
billion acres of land were stolen and thousands upon thousands of people
died during the journey from disease, exhaustion, illness, childbirth,
old age, and starvation. Some soldiers shot women in labor, children or
the elderly who were straggling behind. And once the weary POW's made it
to their final destination, they were often met with even worse
conditions than those endured during the trek.

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"Tell your people that since the Great Father promised we should never
be removed, we have
been moved five times. I think you had better put the Indians on wheels
so that you can run them about wherever you wish."
~ Anonymous Chief ~ (1876)
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The Power Of Music

Black Man
by Stevie Wonder

First man to die
For the flag we now hold high
Was a black man

The ground where we stand
With the flag held in our hand
Was first the redman's

Guide of a ship
On the first Columbus trip
Was a brown man

The railroads for trains
Came on tracking that was laid
By the yellow man

We pledge allegiance
All our lives
To the magic colors red, blue, and white
But we all must be given
The liberty that we defend
For with justice not for all men
History will repeat again
It's time we learned
This world was made for all men

Heart surgery
Was first done successfully
By a black man

Friendly man who died
But helped the pilgrims to survive
Was a redman

Farm workers' rights
Were lifted to new heights
By a brown man

Incandescent light
Was invented to give sight
By the white man

We pledge allegiance
All our lives
To the magic colors red, blue, and white
But we all must be given
The liberty that we defend
For with justice not for all men
History will repeat again
It's time we learned
This world was made for all men

Now I know the birthday of a nation
Is a time when a country celebrates
But as your hand touches your heart
Remember we all played a part in America
To help that banner wave

First clock to be made
In America was created
By a black man

Scout who used no chart
Helped lead Lewis and Clark
Was a red woman

Use of martial arts
In our country got its start
By a yellow man

And the leader with a pen
Signed his name to free all men
Was a white man

We pledge allegiance
All our lives
To the magic colors red, blue, and white
But we all must be given
The liberty that we defend
For with justice not for all men
History will repeat again
It's time we learned
This world was made for all men

This world was made for all men
This world was made for all men
This world was made for all men
God saved His world for all men
All people
All babies
All children
All colors
All races
This world's for you
And me
This world
My world
Your world
Everybody's world
This world
Their world
Our world
This world was made for all men


Who was the first man to set foot on the North Pole?
...Matthew Henson, a black man
Who was the first American to show the pilgrims at Plymouth the secrets
to survival in the new world?
...Squanto, a redman
Who was the soldier of Company Gumbo who won high honors for his courage
and heroism in World War I?
...Sing Kee, a yellow man
Who was the leader of united farm workers and helped farm works maintain
dignity and respect?
...Caesar Chavez, a brown man
Who was the founder of blood plasma and the director of the Red Cross
blood bank?
...Dr. Charles Drew, a black man
Who was the first American heroine who who aided the Lewis and Clark
expedition?
...Sacajawea, a red woman
Who was the famous educator and semanticist who made outstanding
contributions to education in America?
...Hayakawa, a yellow man
Who invented the world's first stop light and the gas mask?
...Garrett Morgan, a black man
Who was the American surgeon who was one of the founders of
neurosurgery?
...Harvey Williams Cushing, a white man
Who was the man who helped design the nation's capitol, made the first
clock to give time in America and wrote the first almanac?
...Benjamin Bannekar, a black man
Who was the legendary hero who helped establish the League of Iroquois?
...Hiawatha, a redman
Who was the leader of the first microbiotic center in America?
...Micho Kushi, a yellow man
Who was the founder of the city of Chicago in 1772?
...Jean Baptiste, a black man
Who was one of the organizers of the American Indian Movement?
...Denis Banks, a redman
Who was the Jewish financier who raised funds to sponsor Christopher
Columbus' voyage to America?
...Lewis D. Santangel, a white man
Who was the woman who lead countless slaves to freedom on the
underground railroad?
...Harriet Tubman, a black woman


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