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Thread #113805   Message #2422600
Posted By: pdq
26-Aug-08 - 01:36 PM
Thread Name: BS: Film; Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee
Subject: RE: BS: Film; Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee
Perhaps the same people could do an unbiased show about the treatment of native people by the Spanish conquistadors in Mexico (and points south). They killed all the leaders, medical people, political leaders, teachers and historians. The natives had to convert to Roman Catholicism, give up their history and culture, and become good little workers bees in the new Euro-centric society. They even had to learn to like bull fighting, cock fighting, dog fighting and other Spanish blood sports.

As bad as some think the American Indians were treated, the Mexican natives were treated an order of magnitude worse. Most American Indians can practise the old ways if they want, not if they don't. Reservations are considered autonomous separate nations but the people are US citizens and can vote.