Ok..thanks.. B. ----- Original Message ----- From: "george ann gregory" <wood_owl@hotmail.com> To: <CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 9:42 AM Subject: Re: [CHOCTAW-SE] eliminating cultures > Barbara, I don't know if it is on the net. I quote that article in one of my > older newsletters. I'll look for it and send you the source. > > George Ann > > > >From: Barbara Ellison <greybird7@pisp.net> > >Reply-To: CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L@rootsweb.com > >To: CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: Re: [CHOCTAW-SE] eliminating cultures > >Date: Sun, 01 Sep 2002 12:32:16 -0500 > > > >Oh really now....this is the first I have heard of that...We know what > >"eliminate all cultural differences" means... > >Where do I find the article that makes this absurd statement on the net? > >B.E. > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "george ann gregory" <wood_owl@hotmail.com> > >To: <CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2002 11:06 AM > >Subject: Re: [CHOCTAW-SE] slavery > > > > > > > Just for everyone's information, one of the important players in modern > > > genocide in the US (as well as Hitler Germany) is the American > >Psychiatric > > > Association, who want to use schools to "eliminate all cultural > >differences" > > > (their words not mine). > > > > > > George Ann > > > > > > > > > >From: Richard Wilson <imafo2002@yahoo.com> > > > >Reply-To: CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L@rootsweb.com > > > >To: CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L@rootsweb.com > > > >Subject: [CHOCTAW-SE] slavery > > > >Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2002 22:37:42 -0700 (PDT) > > > > > > > > Halito All: > > > > > > > > I apologize for the incomplete posting. I was > > > >typing away and all of a sudden, click and I see a > > > >"message has been sent". I don't know how it happened. > > > >I must have accidently hit enter while I was typing. I > > > >have done that before. I am not the greatest typist in > > > >the world. I will just start with the last paragraph > > > >that got broken up. > > > > Now how does the U.S.reward this loyalty and > > > >bravery? Well, with allotment, removal, termination, > > > >and the stealing of Indian children and locking them > > > >up in boarding schools. This is where much of the > > > >decimation of Indian culture has occurred. Forbidden > > > >to speak their native language or wear native clothing > > > >at the risk of, at times severe punishment. They were > > > >even forced to stay with Euro-Americans during the > > > >Summer, so they wouldn't be "corrupted" by their > > > >families. All of these things, I have mentioned, which > > > >were done to African-Americans and the American > > > >Indian, not to mention other groups, would have been > > > >violations of the "Genocide Treaty" using Raphael > > > >Lemkin's definition of genocide. This is why the U.S, > > > >fought against the "genocide Treaty" longer than any > > > >other country, including the U.S.S.R. and China. The > > > >entire world knows about these things except the > > > >citizens of the U.S. They are kept in the dark, while > > > >the government, the powerful and wealthy and the > > > >corporate thugs exploit the world. That is why the > > > >world hates the U.S., not because they are jealous of > > > >our position in the world. > > > > From the Eisenhower through the Reagan years the > > > >"Indian Territory" was exploited by the government and > > > >the corporations for energy resources. This was > > > >especially damaging where uranium deposits were found. > > > >They used an Indian work-force and of course did not > > > >use the precautions that they would have if a white > > > >work-force was used. They also didn't take the > > > >environmental precautions they have had to take in a > > > >Euro-American community. of course this saved them a > > > >whole lot of money, not to mention the fact that the > > > >U.S. taxpayer paid for the cost of the mining in many > > > >instances. Of course all of these things fattened the > > > >pocketbook of the energy corporations but, even to > > > >this day it is taking its toll in human life. The > > > >nuclear bomb tests also occurred on Indian land, > > > >resulting in radioactive blow-overs and contamination > > > >of ground water as a result of underground tests. The > > > >Bush Administration wants to resume those tests. > > > > On the reservations where this occurred the > > > >corporations didn't have to clean up after themselves > > > >and no one is making them take responsibility today. > > > >There are hills of radioactive tailings over 100 feet > > > >high which distributes dust over the entire > > > >reservation. On one reservation, the corporation built > > > >a road and a Council House. The concrete they used > > > >contained the radioactive tailings in it. That is why > > > >so many American Indians believe they were used as > > > >guinea pigs in an experiment on radiation exposure. > > > >Remember, the nuclear arms program had a considerable > > > >number of Nazis in it. The streams are contaminated > > > >the ground water is contaminated. The highest infant > > > >mortality rate in the nation is on these reservations. > > > >As a matter of fact, it is among the highest in the > > > >world. Highest rate of deformity in the country, and > > > >many many other diseases and the government and the > > > >corporations will not take responsibility. The average > > > >life span of a man is only 45 years. Most children > > > >cannot expect to watch their grandparents grow old. > > > > The Reagan Administration was extremely hostile > > > >toward the American Indian. If you don't think so, > > > >just type in Ronald Reagan and Native Americans and > > > >find the words he had to say about Indians while he > > > >was in Russia. It will really open your eyes. Reagan > > > >cut the American Indian 10 xs what he cut the general > > > >population. This included funds and other things, such > > > >as health care, guaranteed by treaty. This forced many > > > >more Indians to go down into the uranium mines, which > > > >was probably his intention in the first place. Many > > > >people suffered from hunger and the lack of medical > > > >care. Certainly, people died. Reagan also started > > > >supporting corrupt regimes in Central and South > > > >America and basically using special ops. and other > > > >means, against the underclass in that region of the > > > >world. The underclass of course, is mostly made up of > > > >Indians. > > > > All of this is being done to exploit the natural > > > >resources in that region: oil, timber, minerals, etc. > > > >by the multinational corporations. Of course this > > > >continues today and Indians are being murdered at a > > > >rate of more than 100,000 per year. It is a mass > > > >extermination. Our government and the Shell Oil > > > >Corporation had some sort of agreement or contract > > > >with one of those countries. It has been some time > > > >since I read about this, so I don't want to say which > > > >country I think it is, because my memory might not be > > > >exactly correct. However I know the source and I can > > > >easily look it up again. However, I'll never forget > > > >what the CEO of Shell Oil said in a critical > > > >interview. He was asked for matters of morality and > > > >ethics, if his corporation should not have done > > > >business with this murderous regime. His answer was > > > >they weren't in business for ethics but for whatever > > > >benefits their bottom line and that he felt absolutely > > > >no guilt or remorse. > > > > In the Johnson years the American Indian had a > > > >breather. Nixon tried to do some good things for the > > > >American Indian. However, Nixon established the "Dead > > > >Zones" on the reservations. The "Dead Zones" were > > > >areas where nuclear waist is to be buried and declared > > > >unfit for human habitation for the life of the > > > >radioactivity, which was over i million years. These > > > >"dead Zones" were to expand as the country needed more > > > >space to dump its radioactive waist. > > > > In the 1970s we discovered that at least 46% of > > > >reservation women were forcibly sterilized. Some were > > > >done while they had another operation, others were > > > >threatened with the removal of the children they had. > > > >Some American Indians believe the program continues in > > > >secret to this very day. There was the outright > > > >stealing of children to be adopted by Euro-Americans. > > > >In all of these horrible things not one person was > > > >investigated or punished. > > > > In 1997 the state of South Dakota stole 167,000 > > > >acres from the Nakota, Dakota, Lakota people and the > > > >Reagan appointed Supreme Court refused to hear the > > > >appeal. Now the state of South Dakota is attacking > > > >Indigenous water rights. > > > > The Western Shoshone are now homeless. In > > > >violation of the "Treaty of Friendship of 1863" and > > > >agreements signed with the "Organization of American > > > >States" as well as with the "United Nations" the > > > >"Bureau of Land Management" sold, without the > > > >permission of the Western Shoshone People, the land to > > > >a gold mining corporation. The Shoshone people were > > > >warned that their property would be confiscated and > > > >auctioned, they would be arrested or worse if they > > > >didn't leave the land. Land that the "Treaty of > > > >Friendship" states the Shoshone have occupied since > > > >time immemorial. The BLM then went on to confiscate > > > >their cattle and horses, which they use to make a > > > >living, and auctioned them off. > > > > The OAS and the UN asked the US to stay its > > > >action and the US arrogantly refused to respond. You > > > >can read everything about this at the "Indian Law > > > >Resource Center", <www.indianlaw.org> > > > > Now you might ask, why don't you know about these > > > >things? Well, just as the multi-nationals own the > > > >White House, the legislature and even many of the > > > >judiciary, they own the media and all of the news > > > >outlets. General Electric and Westinghouse, e.g. were > > > >two of the biggest perpetrators of the uranium terror > > > >on the reservations. They are both heavily invested in > > > > electronic media and are able to control portions of > > > >the news as a result. This is only two out of many > > > >multinational energy corporations that have a > > > >financial interest in the news media, and therefore > > > >control the information you receive. > > > > My final concern is that the Bush Administration > > > >has an Indian policy of "Disestablishment". Sounds > > > >like "Termination" to me. > > > > I guess I'd better leave at this point while I'm > > > >ahead. I'm probably in enough trouble and I don't wish > > > >to offend anyone with an inappropriate topic, even > > > >though I'm not the one who brought it up. > > > > > > > > Sincerely: > > > > Imafo > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >__________________________________________________ > > > >Do You Yahoo!? > > > >Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes > > > >http://finance.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > > >==== CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST Mailing List ==== > > > >Got a PROBLEM?? Got a GRIPE?? Just wanna' WHINE?? Don't post it to > >the > > > >list. 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