Posted on 11/28/2017 6:53:33 AM PST by Zakeet
The prominent placement of an Andrew Jackson portrait during an event meant to honor a group of Native Americans at the Oval Office on Monday has raised questions about the White House’s message.
Jackson is known for his harsh treatment of Native Americans as president, famously signing the Indian Removal Act, which led to thousands of Native American deaths as tens of thousands were forced to relocate. Some observers thought the juxtaposition of his portrait during the event with the stated purpose of honoring three Navajo code talkers was strange.
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The Cherokees called Jackson "Indian killer"; the Creek called him "Sharp Knife."
A slave owner, Jackson spoke about Native Americans as if they were an inferior group of people. "Established in the midst of a superior race," he said of the Cherokee, "they must disappear."
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Trump's affinity for Jackson has long been a facet of his public image as a politician. He lambasted an Obama administration plan, which has not yet taken effect, to remove Jackson from the $20 bill in favor of abolitionist Harriet Tubman, referring to Jackson during the presidential campaign as someone with "a history of tremendous success for the country." And just days after his inauguration in January, Trump selected a portrait of Jackson in the Oval Office. In March, he stopped by the Hermitage, Jackson’s home in Tennessee, to lay a wreath at the former president's tomb. The president’s former chief strategist, Stephen K. Bannon, lauded Trump’s inauguration address as "Jacksonian."
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There were Code Talkers in Europe???
There were Choctaw code talkers in Europe in WWI....
Before Andrew Jackson was born there were hundreds of unique Indian tribes in this country and they killed each other in the most savage ways for little or no reason other than turf and possessions .
Thank you!!
Such has been the action and experience of generations of knowledgeable American citizens from all backgrounds who loved freedom/liberty more than some extra-Constitutional political ideology!
For a factual example from yet another perspective, curious and unbiased folks might consult the Library of Congress's African-American Section. There, one finds a lengthy and detailed history lesson and celebratory Address on the occasion of the Centennial of the Declaration of Independence written and presented by a noted scholar, State Legislator and Bishop of the A.M.E. Church.
That Address, for any whose minds are not closed, could re-orient the discussion on America's real history--not the revised histories Liberals/Progressives have written and imposed upon many generations of youth.
The following is an excerpt from the "Centennial Thanksgiving Sermon" (1886) (celebrating America's 100th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence) by a Black Ohio Legislator and A.M.E. Bishop Benjamin W. Arnett on "The Greatness of America" - Note that this Sermon is delivered only a few years after the end of the Civil War by this outstanding scholar/legislator/Bishop.
"Let us see what it is that makes us so great; wherein lies our strength. What has made us one of the greatest powers of the earth, politically and intellectually? Have we come to the conclusion that it is Righteousness that exalteth a nation? We have met to-day at the request of the President of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant, and also the Governor of our beloved State, Rutherford B. Hayes. For what? Why call us from our homes? Why come to the house of God? Why not go to the hall of mirth and to the places of amusement to-day? No that is not what they want us to do. We are commanded to go to our 'several places of worship, and there offer up thanks to Kind Providence which has brought our nation through the scenes of another year, and blessed the land with peace, plenty and prosperity.' Then as Americans we have reason to rejoice and congratulate ourselves on the greatness of our beloved country; at this the close of the first hundred years of experimental government of the people, by the people, and for the people. To be a citizen of this vast country is something, and to share in its privileges and duties is more than something." - Dr. Benjamin W. Arnett, 1876 "Centennial Thanksgiving Sermon" - Library of Congress - African-American SectionIf current generations of youth in America go to the LOC web site and read this lengthy Address by a remarkable Black scholar of history, Ohio State Legislator, and A.M.E. Bishop, who had lived through the years surrounding the Civil War, then their perspective might be enhanced, enlarged and encouraged by their pride in such an intellectual giant from America's history.
Princess name more like Mini Haha
Indians much like blacks were pretty good at killing their own
And torturing them and even on occasion eating their flesh and organs
As for Andrew Jackson whom I admire for all the wrong reasons
He adopted a Creek child orphaned after the battle of Tallusahatchee which he commanded and his forces wiped out the male Creek warriors. He saw the still nursing toddler and asked the other Creek women to take the child and when they refused he took the child with him sending a fair warning letter to Rachel on the trail home to Nashville
The boy was raised in the Jackson household but died of tuberculosis at only 17 I think
Lotsa stuff about Lyncoya Jackson here in Nashville
My apologies, I wrote “Nazis” when I meant “Axis”. It was a generalization of whom America was fighting during WWII. Much like this writer who wrong-headedly grouped ALL Indians into a common hate-think ideology. My apologies for the generalization.
But as stated following your question, the success of the Marine Navajo Code Talkers of WWII was based on the Choctaw Code Talkers that were used during the waning years of WWI.
They weren't all Indian killers but they were probably guilty of something else.
Good thing the Indians didn’t kill anybody. not rob, nor rape, nor pillage, nor take slaves nor....
Yeah, I found out about that when I did my own search. I was totally unaware of the WWI use of the technique, so I learned a new thing (nothing of which pleases me better).
And I can understand the "Axis" vs. "Nazis" thing. To many folks the European theatre was "the War", with the Pacific theatre a distant second.
Being a Marine, “the War” was Europe in WWI, but it was the Pacific Island Hopping campaign in WWII. LOL!
Sounds like something Margaret Sanger would say.
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That was my understanding as well, which is why the "Nazis" thing caught me off guard.
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