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<font size=3>Indians are certain that Columbus brought
[anthro-apologists] anthropologists on his ships when he came to the New
World. How else could he have made so many wrong deductions about where
he was ?<br><br>
from: <b><u>Custer Died For Your Sins</u></b>, by Vine Deloria, Jr.,
copyright 1970 <br>
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One of the major problems of the Indian people is the missionary. It has
been said of missionaries that when they arrived they had only the Book
and we had the land; now we have the Book and they have the land. <br>
...An old Indian once told me that when the missionaries arrived they
fell on their knees and prayed. Then they got up, fell on the Indians,
and preyed... <br>
...Rumor has it that Columbus began his journey with four ships. But one
went over the edge [of the world] so he arrived in the new world with
only three.<br>
...Columbus didn't know where he was going, didn't know where he had
been, and did it all on someone else's money. And the white man has been
following Columbus ever since.<br>
...when Columbus landed, one Indian turned to another and said,
"Well, there goes the neighborhood."<br>
...two Indians watching Columbus land and one saying to the other,
"Maybe if we leave them alone they will go away"...<br><br>
from: <b><u>God Is Red</u></b>, by Vine Deloria,Jr., copyright, 1994<br>
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The disclaimer of colonialism in recent years has presented Western
peoples with a major dillema. Deprived of their traditional source of
wealth from the underdeveloped and former colonial nations, they now have
little choice but to seek ways of rechanneling their present wealth
through the various forms of social organization already present
domestically. A certain inertia has been achieved, perhaps unwittingly,
that means a major shift in political thinking among Western peoples. The
creation of wealth today is more dependent on new technology and
manipulation of the tax laws than on the exploitation of untapped
resources. That is not to say that exploitation of mineral and other
resources will not continue. As undeveloped nations, such as those in
Africa or the Middle East, continue their own growth, severe
modifications of exploitation must occur, and more sophisticated forms of
colonialism, such as sanctions and embargoes, must be created if Western
countries are not to suffer economic collapse.<br><br>
It is doubtful that many Amerikans understand the meaning of this shift
from the colonialist attitude. At best it means the humanization of
people who for centuries were considered mere producers of raw materials
and consumers of those products they were required to purchase. At worst,
the end of one form of colonialism means the beginning of a movement to
fuedalize political systems around the globe so as to stabalize the
economic conditions of the more affluent nations. Either approach means
that the ecological problem is not dealt with, the problem of
technological dehumanization is not reduced, and the breakdown of
individual and communiy identity is not reversed.<br><br>
from: <b><u>God Is Red</u></b>, by Vine Deloria, Jr., copyright1994<br>
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[ brackets are mine ]<br>
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compiled by aztatl, I.W.W. Albuquerque, NM<br>
Aztatl Garza <aztatlxikano@gmail.com> <br><br>
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