Semi-OT: RE: [at-l] Terrorism and the AT -- ON TOPIC

[nealb at midlandstech.edu (William Neal)]

While Native Americans do still exist, and while they have made advances in
recent years, they do not own or control or have the signicant presence that
they had at one time.  Just to take one tribe as an example, The Cherokees
once "owned" a large part of the Carolinas, Tenn., and Georgia.  They were
highly civilized and had a written language.  Yet they were forcibly removed
to Okalahoma -- except for some "terrorists" who resisted forced removal.
Today they are split between the Western Cherokees centered in Oklahoma and
the Eastern Cherokees centered in Cherokee, N.C.  While not dead, they do
not control their own destinies as they once did, and they do not seriously
affect the overall area as they once did.  

No, Native Americans are not gone.  They are definitely not a historical
footnote.  But they have -- like native Hawaiians -- been marginalized in
lands that once belonged to them.

William, The Turtle

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Landis [mailto:s.landis@comcast.net]
Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 11:28 PM
To: AT-L
Subject: Re: [at-l] Terrorism and the AT -- ON TOPIC


On 9/18/2003 9:32 AM, David Addleton wrote:

> Were it not for the total destruction of the indian "barbarian" 4 or 5
generations ago, 
> women and children inclusive, the "idea" of the AT today would make no
sense at all.

This is not the first time that I have seen a reference to the *total* 
destruction of the "indian" on this list.  While horrific genocide was 
visited upon these peoples, their survivors are still very much a part 
of this nation today.  It seems to me that to make reference to them as 
a historical footnote does them a disservice.
A Nez Perce friend who was visiting us recently was wearing this 
sobering tee shirt... 
http://www.cafeshops.com/ndnpress.5976335?zoom=yes#zoom

Steve

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