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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