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Biden becomes first president to issue proclamation marking Indigenous Peoples' Day:
President Joe Biden issued a proclamation commemorating Indigenous Peoples' Day on Friday, becoming the first US president to do so, the White House said.
"The contributions that Indigenous peoples have made throughout history — in public service, entrepreneurship, scholarship, the arts, and countless other fields — are integral to our Nation, our culture, and our society," Biden wrote in the proclamation Friday. "Today, we acknowledge the significant sacrifices made by Native peoples to this country — and recognize their many ongoing contributions to our Nation."
Biden also marked a change of course from previous administrations in his proclamation marking Columbus Day, which honors the explorer Christopher Columbus. In that proclamation, the President acknowledged the death and destruction wrought on native communities after Columbus journeyed to North America in the late 1500s, ushering in an age of European exploration of the Western Hemisphere.
"Today, we also acknowledge the painful history of wrongs and atrocities that many European explorers inflicted on Tribal Nations and Indigenous communities. It is a measure of our greatness as a Nation that we do not seek to bury these shameful episodes of our past — that we face them honestly, we bring them to the light, and we do all we can to address them," Biden wrote.
More than 100 cities -- including Seattle, Los Angeles, Denver, Phoenix, San Francisco -- and a number of states -- including Minnesota, Alaska, Vermont and Oregon -- have replaced Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples' Day, choosing instead to recognize the native populations that were displaced and decimated after Columbus and other European explorers reached the continent. Berkeley, California, was the first city to adopt Indigenous Peoples' Day, in 1992.
Also at Al Jazeera.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday October 11 2021, @01:55AM (13 children)
Yeah, well, there probably were a few innocents in the mix. But the native Americans didn't invade Europe and slaughter all the natives they found there.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 11 2021, @02:10AM
That's right, the Africans did, they lived in caves and turned white, ate the dinosaurs, built Rome, and killed Jesus
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Reziac on Monday October 11 2021, @02:39AM (5 children)
As an Ojibwe friend of mine says, she's bloody glad the Europeans came, because she likes modern life, and the idea of squatting in a skin tent in the cold and dark while suckling your dozen papooses lacks all appeal. (And if your ancestors have done nothing different for the past 20,000 yeas, they're unlikely to suddenly up and develop modern conveniences.)
And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday October 11 2021, @03:08AM (2 children)
Weren't the Ojibwe part of, or allied with, the Iroquois nation? Gotta look - - - ahhhh, same as Chippewa. I don't think they lived in skin tents very often, most of the northeast American tribes had long houses, cultivation, and trade - a long step up from plains Indians who chased the herds, dragging their wigwams behind them.
Mmmmm. OK, there were bands of Ojibwe a lot further west who went in for that nomad lifestyle. Your friend probably does know her tribal history.
(Score: 2) by Reziac on Monday October 11 2021, @03:26AM
She's an elder, she might have one or two clues. ;)
Exaggerates, yeah, but still it was a pretty rough lifestyle compared to what we enjoy today.
And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 12 2021, @04:22AM
I think they were futurists
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Tuesday October 12 2021, @04:14PM (1 child)
It's very much a mixed bag. Hard to overlook the millions killed outright or the suffering along the way, but for today's descendants it is a more attractive life, at least until technoarmageddon hits.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 12 2021, @05:19PM
We would be living better anyway - it's been 500 years, and the cultures that existed were not static or unchanging, they were vibrant and evolving.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 11 2021, @07:16PM (5 children)
The Mongoloid hunter gatherers likely did kill Whites they found in North America at some point in the exchange. The Cherokee's own mythology hints at that very occurrence. Why do you think there were some "civilized tribes" who even look mixed(from before, not later)? Because Whites had once ruled and likely founded.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday October 11 2021, @07:37PM (4 children)
*yawn*
Sounds like one of those myths started by white supremacists who are feeling inadequate or something. You'll have to look real hard, and find some very convincing evidence that whitey ruled these continents before the 1500s. Or, have you fallen for that critical race theory? Whatever feels good (to you) has to be true.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 12 2021, @12:15AM (3 children)
You're so close to becoming aware, just a few more mental diseases to clear out and we can call you human again!
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday October 12 2021, @05:48AM (2 children)
I you hold yourself as an example of "human", I'll pass, thank you. I most certainly DO NOT want to join your tribe.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 13 2021, @02:57AM (1 child)
You're either part of the tribe called humanity, or a broken mammal that approximates human behavior. Very odd how you understand the reality of racism and do not personally care for it, yet you swallow rightwing narratives and criticize CRT in the same sentence. Your lack of education oozes out when you parrot propaganda at the exact same time as you decry it. Really odd, yet we continue to hold out hope you'll be able to catch these paradoxes as they come out of your brain.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday October 13 2021, @03:32AM
"Right wing ain't right, but left wing is grossly wrong. It's that simple, really.