A Little Matter Of Genocide by Ward Churchill

[Joanne98]

an audio speech by Ward Churchill

Until recently, scholars have taught generations of American youth that there were at most a million natives in what is now the continental US when Europeans first reached these shores. But demographic studies now indicate between 12 and 18 times that number lived here before Columbus, making the proportional native American population arguably the greatest and most thorough genocide in recorded history.

Among much else, Dr. Churchill reminds us that during the conquest of this continent United States, bounties on Indian scalps, preferably with ears attached, were paid in what are now every one of the 48 states of the continental U.S.

Click the link below to hear this 29 minute presentation by Dr. Ward Churchill.

http://www.blackagendareport.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=909&Itemid=1

[bluesfan1000]

1. Ward is fantastic

Also check out the documentary The Canary Effect which ward appears about the genocide of Native Americans, it won the Stanley Kubrick award at Michael Moores Film Festival. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wm0EvTk8o4

[ensho]

2. I don't do thanksgiving, haven't for many decades

and before that only did it to keep family peace. (had to pick my fights)


I stand in solidarity with the Indians

[Recursion]

3. Isn't Columbus Day a better target than Thanksgiving? NT

[ensho]

4. no

nt

[Recursion]

5. Why not?

What is it specifically about Thanksgiving that makes it so bad? If anything the holiday reinforces the "stupid white people who would have died without Native American help" meme.