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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