we Indians ARE victims of the intentional abuse & a pattern of criminal behavior by the federal government for over 250 years. NOTHING will change that fact EXCEPT changes "of the heart" & in the government/BIA. nothing you can say trumps that one ESSENTIAL TRUTH. and YES we have the MORAL high ground.
also, as i've said before if it was YOUR family that was slaughtered, you'd feel differently. it is HARD/impossible to be "intellectual" when it is your own flesh & blood AND when "the powerful" either DENIES the TRUTH or continues to believe that it was the VICTIM's fault.
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" we Indians ARE victims of the intentional abuse & a pattern of criminal behavior by the federal government for over 250 years. NOTHING will change that fact EXCEPT changes "of the heart" & in the government/BIA. nothing you can say trumps that one ESSENTIAL TRUTH. and YES we have the MORAL high ground."
Correction: you Indians were victims. It has taken a while & no doubt some distance still needs to be traveled but from what I see, y'all coming around quite nicely. Political power, a voice in how things are done, and a strong self-reliant spirit appears to be re-emerging after the long dark road the "evil" white-europeans started you on. It is nice to see Indians adopting Western values such as the Rule of Law & a Christian God while still remembering their history, ancestors, accomplishments & heritage. That, my friend, is where the moral high ground is. The high ground must be attained by your virtue. Not by proclamation of another's guilt.