Another Date to Remember

A great big thanks to Brian Johnstone, my favorite Border Scots, for reminding me of the anniversary of the Massacre at Sand Creek. This is the first paragraph from Brian's e-mail to me (sorry for printing it without your permission):

I felt the need, on behalf of my Indian brothers and sisters, to put out this little note which records that this date is without doubt a "day in infamy" and one of the most shameful of many, many bold-faced acts of aggression and slaughter perpetrated on the native peoples of the large land mass now know as the USA and Canada, which has been swept under the national rug for too long.

I heard some twit on NPR the other day say -albeit in another context- "We need to let go of these wrongs and move on", which is typical of the state of amnesia in dealing with the "Indian problem" and the double standard by which it is applied. Have the Jews forgotten the Holocaust (a.k.a. The Final Solution -sounds a bit like how the US military viewed the Indians and in fact which attitude was admired by Hitler and his ilk in "removing cultural impediments" to the supreme race?

On November 29, 1868, Colonel John M. Chivington, a Methodist minister, along with his Colorado volunteers, attacked the KNOWN peaceful encampment of Cheyenne and Arapaho, lead by Black Kettle. Black Kettle waved the U.S. flag and one of his chiefs waved a white flag. They were shot down. Women had their fetuses removed (so much for anti-abortion), and when parading around a local town with their war trophies, some of these alleged brave men used women's genitalia for hat band decorations.

Justice, their will be no justice. The Cheyenne and Arapaho will simply be told to get over it and move on. So, get over the Holocaust Jewish folk. Get over it and move on.

Happy Anniversary