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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Well, Johnny, don’t talk to interviewers about it....just go do it.
“Please don’t look at the dead bird on my head...”
I would like to buy Hollywood and give it back to the American people.
Tonto is SUCH a kimosabi.
Brando tried this for 50 years and he ended up disliking Indians, lol.
Snicker... good one.
kimosabi say much firewater needed for this transaction...
Let the negotiations begin. :{)
I would like to buy Los Angeles...and give it back to the American people.
In the near future.....
I will have to change that to California........
Well the Indians probably want to set up a casino, a cigarette store and a Mosque (suleased to the ROP)
Can Indian Reservation land be expanded by simply acquiring more land?
It seems only fair that land purchased outside the current boundaries of a reservation should be legally treated the same as if I had purchased the land for myself.
An act of Congress should be required to transfer land rights from the United States to an Indian nation.
Brando’s standin Sasheen Littlefeather wasn’t even an Indian. Imposter.
Iron Eyes Cody, however, was an Indian because he thought himself one.
And most real Indians in America have Smith or Jones kind of names.
And what about that bizarre Tonto head dress? What was up with that?
LOL.
Excellent!
Boy, this is really wearing me down. I guess I’ll just subscribe to the UK Daily Mail for all the latest news about the USA.
nothing like another tourist trap museum/theme casino
It’s your money dude but Uncle buys... steals... confiscates... but never sells.
LLS
Empty words.
If he meant them he would have done so without announcing it to the world. Typical liberal, it is the intentions that are important, not the results.
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