Posted on 07/11/2013 3:49:39 PM PDT by drewh
Johnny Depp has announced that he wants to buy Wounded Knee, a national historic landmark, and give it back to the Indian people. In an interview with the Mail On Sunday, the actor revealed that he is ready to spend millions in order to give the Native American people control of the land that was the site of a brutal 1890 massacre. ‘It’s very sacred ground and many atrocities were committed against the Sioux there,' he said in the interview.
'And in the 1970s there was a stand-off between the Feds (Federal government) and the people who should own that land. This historical land is so important to the Sioux culture and all I want to do is buy it and give it back. Why doesn’t the government do that?’
The area near Wounded Knee Creek on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota is the site where the last major battle of the American Indian Wars took place.
The fight began when the American troops tried to disarm the Lakota Indians, and when one elderly tribesman refused to hand over his weapon the troops began to attack. The exact number of casualties differs in various reports, but there were thought to be at least 150 members of the Lakota tribe- including men, women and children- who were killed.
The massacre has caused outrage from historians as at least 20 American soldiers were awarded the Medal of Honor for their role in the bloodshed.
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How can you not understand “the nature of my complaint”, my post 56 expressed it pretty simply.
Maybe you should write Johnny and tell him to make an offer on Manhattan too.
I’ve been informed that it went for $24 the last time it sold.
* I would like to buy Hollywood and give it back to the American people. *
Now THAT’S a good idea. I don’t care who ya are.
I don’t know what he should buy for playing Scissorhands. Maybe shredded wheat company?
Buy back Seville and give it to the barbers.
Lol! You good!!
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