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Thread #26214   Message #314486
Posted By: katlaughing
08-Oct-00 - 07:53 PM
Thread Name: BS: Columbus Day Fiasco
Subject: RE: BS: Columbus Day Fiasco
Nobel savage? Get all of your info from Hollywood, huh?

Ever studied the Iroquois Constitution? Something the founding fathers of the U.S. used as an example to follow when writing the US Constitution.

Ever think that one person's stone age may be another's deliberatly chosen way of life?

Some other suggested reading: Killing the White Man's Indian - Reinventing Native Americans;
Forgotten Founders;
and, one more

It's hard to believe anyone would still buy into the old Euro-centrist teachings about indigenous peoples. I would strongly recommend the book mentioned above, as well as "Lies My Teacher Told Me" if you are at all open to learning about the past from many other perspectives.

kat