Thank you for this perspective as well. This is actually the one I'm usually familiar with when I talk to native american folks, especially when I lived in Tucson, where there are Apache, Navaho, Hopi and the Tacoma Oodam (I have that spelled way wrong, I know it), as well as San Xaxier mission, which is on the reservation about 20 minutes down I-10 to the south of the city. It's not that they're angry about it when they talk, but they are very aware of history.
I will also note that most of these folks work and participate in the Tucson economy, as well as the 'nearby' White Mountain Apache Ski Resort (Which is owned by that Apache tribe), so it isn't like they're 'trapped' on the rez and living off the government. (Because some people also make the mistake of trying to say 'oh they're angry because they're poor (among other stereotypical ideas, like getting drunk all the time) and still stuck on the rez.)
I guess the real point I was trying to get across though was that if we forget history, it'll repeat itself. By the same token, anger doesn't help either. Spreading respect and help though? That might. The event itself was good, but it's one of the very few good examples of 'our' relations with native americans as a whole until fairly recently.
I think it's just as fair to remember the bad as well as the good, and be thankful that we can remember it so that we can teach others why the negative aspects shouldn't happen any more. I mean, heck, there are some people that are already trying to say the Holocaust never happened and was a set up (I've actually talked to co-workers who insist on it). And if we bury that under history, it's a vital example of 'why we shouldn't do this, or allow it' that'll be lost for a long time.
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I will also note that most of these folks work and participate in the Tucson economy, as well as the 'nearby' White Mountain Apache Ski Resort (Which is owned by that Apache tribe), so it isn't like they're 'trapped' on the rez and living off the government. (Because some people also make the mistake of trying to say 'oh they're angry because they're poor (among other stereotypical ideas, like getting drunk all the time) and still stuck on the rez.)
I guess the real point I was trying to get across though was that if we forget history, it'll repeat itself. By the same token, anger doesn't help either. Spreading respect and help though? That might. The event itself was good, but it's one of the very few good examples of 'our' relations with native americans as a whole until fairly recently.
I think it's just as fair to remember the bad as well as the good, and be thankful that we can remember it so that we can teach others why the negative aspects shouldn't happen any more. I mean, heck, there are some people that are already trying to say the Holocaust never happened and was a set up (I've actually talked to co-workers who insist on it). And if we bury that under history, it's a vital example of 'why we shouldn't do this, or allow it' that'll be lost for a long time.