"“The West was not won, it was stolen.” The West was not won by beef; it was damaged by killing buffalo, a military policy and a federal policy aimed at genocide of native peoples and destruction of their lands... I’m doing well with my historic trauma, but it’s said that native peoples suffer from trauma, and the reaffirmation of it by a constant reminder that most Americans have no idea of real history, and many retell myths that seem to make Americans feel better about genocide. I told the nice folks at Central Market that I was going to come back with my pen and mark that sticker again, if they couldn’t find the sense to take it down. Happy Fourth of July. The West is looking a bit peeked now. Top soil is on the move; climate change is wreaking havoc; aquifers are challenged by the Bakken’s extraction by fracking."
Posted on: Tue, 09 Jul 2013 01:27:28 +0000