Native Americans condemn Pentagon move to preserve Wounded Knee medals

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Guno צְבִי

We fight, We win, Am Yisrael Chai
-The National Congress of American Indians strongly condemned on Saturday a Pentagon review that decided against revoking medals awarded to U.S. soldiers at the 1890 Battle of Wounded Knee, an event which many historians consider a massacre.

"Celebrating war crimes is not patriotic. This decision undermines truth-telling, reconciliation, and the healing that Indian Country and the United States still need," Larry Wright Jr., the Congress' executive director, said in a statement.

The Battle of Wounded Knee, also known as the Wounded Knee Massacre, took place on Dec. 29, 1890, in South Dakota, when U.S. soldiers killed and wounded more than 300 Lakota Sioux men, women and children.

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Native Americans condemn Pentagon move to preserve Wounded Knee medals

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The National Congress of American Indians strongly condemned on Saturday a Pentagon review that decided against revoking medals awarded to U.S. soldiers at the 1890 Battle of Wounded Knee, an event which many historians consider a massacre. The Battle of Wounded Knee, also...
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The Pentagon has ended commemorations of identity month celebrations, like Native American History Month and Black History Month.

The Pentagon drew fire earlier this year for briefly erasing online references to the Navajo Code Talkers, who developed an unbreakable code that helped Allied forces win World War Two.
 
Guno צְבִי said:
The Pentagon has ended commemorations of identity month celebrations, like Native American History Month and Black History Month.

The Pentagon drew fire earlier this year for briefly erasing online references to the Navajo Code Talkers, who developed an unbreakable code that helped Allied forces win World War Two.
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Saw that coming. Trump is seeking to erase history. It's one thing to stop certain programs but to erase history is the sign of a dictatorial asshat.
 
Guno צְבִי said:
-The National Congress of American Indians strongly condemned on Saturday a Pentagon review that decided against revoking medals awarded to U.S. soldiers at the 1890 Battle of Wounded Knee, an event which many historians consider a massacre.

"Celebrating war crimes is not patriotic. This decision undermines truth-telling, reconciliation, and the healing that Indian Country and the United States still need," Larry Wright Jr., the Congress' executive director, said in a statement.

The Battle of Wounded Knee, also known as the Wounded Knee Massacre, took place on Dec. 29, 1890, in South Dakota, when U.S. soldiers killed and wounded more than 300 Lakota Sioux men, women and children.

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Native Americans condemn Pentagon move to preserve Wounded Knee medals

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The National Congress of American Indians strongly condemned on Saturday a Pentagon review that decided against revoking medals awarded to U.S. soldiers at the 1890 Battle of Wounded Knee, an event which many historians consider a massacre. The Battle of Wounded Knee, also...
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Agreed that "Celebrating war crimes is not patriotic". Why is it even coming up?

I'm a big fan of George Santayana's wisdom in remembering history but am completely against revising history. Point out that the medals were given out as a sign of the times then explain why we feel different today. Taking the medals away is silly.
 
Dutch Uncle said:
Agreed that "Celebrating war crimes is not patriotic". Why is it even coming up?

I'm a big fan of George Santayana's wisdom in remembering history but am completely against revising history. Point out that the medals were given out as a sign of the times then explain why we feel different today. Taking the medals away is silly.
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No one took away their medals
 
Guno צְבִי said:
No one took away their medals
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Understood.

My point was "Why did the subject even come up?"

Remember the massacre at Wounded Knee. Same for Sand Creek and other massacres. Don't dwell on them, just point out where we were and where we are now.

Put history in context, but don't erase it, don't revise it.

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Sand Creek Massacre | Definition, Casualties, & Facts | Britannica

The Sand Creek Massacre was a surprise attack by about 675 U.S. troops under Colonel John M. Chivington on a camp of Cheyenne and Arapaho people in southeastern Colorado Territory in November 1864. More than 230 Native Americans were massacred. The incident was a chief cause of the...
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More than 230 Native Americans were massacred, including some 150 women, children, and elderly. Thirteen Cheyenne chiefs and one Arapaho chief were killed. Chivington was at first acclaimed for his “victory,” but he was subsequently discredited when it became clear that he had perpetrated a massacre. The incident was a chief cause of the Arapaho-Cheyenne war that followed and had far-reaching influence in the Plains Wars of the next decade. Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site was opened in 2007 to preserve the location of the incident.
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Wounded Knee Massacre | South Dakota, Occupation, History, & Legacy | Britannica

Wounded Knee Massacre (December 29, 1890) was the slaughter of approximately 150–300 Lakota Indians by U.S. Army troops in the area of Wounded Knee Creek in southwestern South Dakota. The massacre was the climax of the U.S. Army’s late 19th-century efforts to repress the Plains Indians.
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Dutch Uncle said:
Understood.

My point was "Why did the subject even come up?"

Remember the massacre at Wounded Knee. Same for Sand Creek and other massacres. Don't dwell on them, just point out where we were and where we are now.

Put history in context, but don't erase it.

www.britannica.com

Sand Creek Massacre | Definition, Casualties, & Facts | Britannica

The Sand Creek Massacre was a surprise attack by about 675 U.S. troops under Colonel John M. Chivington on a camp of Cheyenne and Arapaho people in southeastern Colorado Territory in November 1864. More than 230 Native Americans were massacred. The incident was a chief cause of the...
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More than 230 Native Americans were massacred, including some 150 women, children, and elderly. Thirteen Cheyenne chiefs and one Arapaho chief were killed. Chivington was at first acclaimed for his “victory,” but he was subsequently discredited when it became clear that he had perpetrated a massacre. The incident was a chief cause of the Arapaho-Cheyenne war that followed and had far-reaching influence in the Plains Wars of the next decade. Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site was opened in 2007 to preserve the location of the incident.
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Wounded Knee Massacre | South Dakota, Occupation, History, & Legacy | Britannica

Wounded Knee Massacre (December 29, 1890) was the slaughter of approximately 150–300 Lakota Indians by U.S. Army troops in the area of Wounded Knee Creek in southwestern South Dakota. The massacre was the climax of the U.S. Army’s late 19th-century efforts to repress the Plains Indians.
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The mutant in charge brought it up, hedgehog
 
Thinking that ones ancestors were wrong is normal....Imagining that one can reach back into history and change what our ancestors did is not.....that takes a special brand of stupid.
 
Guno צְבִי said:
-The National Congress of American Indians strongly condemned on Saturday a Pentagon review that decided against revoking medals awarded to U.S. soldiers at the 1890 Battle of Wounded Knee, an event which many historians consider a massacre.

"Celebrating war crimes is not patriotic. This decision undermines truth-telling, reconciliation, and the healing that Indian Country and the United States still need," Larry Wright Jr., the Congress' executive director, said in a statement.

The Battle of Wounded Knee, also known as the Wounded Knee Massacre, took place on Dec. 29, 1890, in South Dakota, when U.S. soldiers killed and wounded more than 300 Lakota Sioux men, women and children.

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Native Americans condemn Pentagon move to preserve Wounded Knee medals

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The National Congress of American Indians strongly condemned on Saturday a Pentagon review that decided against revoking medals awarded to U.S. soldiers at the 1890 Battle of Wounded Knee, an event which many historians consider a massacre. The Battle of Wounded Knee, also...
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I’m hoping Trump finds out about all the corruption, waste, fraud and abuse that every native organization is engaged in and cuts them all off. Every single one of them.
They can go back to warring against each other, provide for their own health care with shamans, and live to be 35 - 40 years old on average.
 
Guno צְבִי said:
-The National Congress of American Indians strongly condemned on Saturday a Pentagon review that decided against revoking medals awarded to U.S. soldiers at the 1890 Battle of Wounded Knee, an event which many historians consider a massacre.

"Celebrating war crimes is not patriotic. This decision undermines truth-telling, reconciliation, and the healing that Indian Country and the United States still need," Larry Wright Jr., the Congress' executive director, said in a statement.

The Battle of Wounded Knee, also known as the Wounded Knee Massacre, took place on Dec. 29, 1890, in South Dakota, when U.S. soldiers killed and wounded more than 300 Lakota Sioux men, women and children.

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Native Americans condemn Pentagon move to preserve Wounded Knee medals

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The National Congress of American Indians strongly condemned on Saturday a Pentagon review that decided against revoking medals awarded to U.S. soldiers at the 1890 Battle of Wounded Knee, an event which many historians consider a massacre. The Battle of Wounded Knee, also...
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The National Congress of American Indians better shut the fuck up before we take their precious reservations from them and take over their casinos.
 
SlaveForChrist said:
The National Congress of American Indians better shut the fuck up before we take their precious reservations from them and take over their casinos.
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They can have their reservations and casinos. But no more free healthcare. No more booze stipends. They can buy insurance like everyone else. And If teachers want to go there, don’t pay them astronomical salaries just because no one in their right mind would go there to work otherwise.
 
Guno צְבִי said:
-The National Congress of American Indians strongly condemned on Saturday a Pentagon review that decided against revoking medals awarded to U.S. soldiers at the 1890 Battle of Wounded Knee, an event which many historians consider a massacre.

"Celebrating war crimes is not patriotic. This decision undermines truth-telling, reconciliation, and the healing that Indian Country and the United States still need," Larry Wright Jr., the Congress' executive director, said in a statement.

The Battle of Wounded Knee, also known as the Wounded Knee Massacre, took place on Dec. 29, 1890, in South Dakota, when U.S. soldiers killed and wounded more than 300 Lakota Sioux men, women and children.

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Native Americans condemn Pentagon move to preserve Wounded Knee medals

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The National Congress of American Indians strongly condemned on Saturday a Pentagon review that decided against revoking medals awarded to U.S. soldiers at the 1890 Battle of Wounded Knee, an event which many historians consider a massacre. The Battle of Wounded Knee, also...
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are IDF tards getting medals for blowing up babies?
 
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