Posted on 08/15/2022 11:24:18 AM PDT by Timber Rattler
If historic Bushy Run Battlefield Park intends to host future reenactments or programs portraying Native Americans, park management first will have to consult with appropriate Native groups.
That’s the policy of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, which oversees the Penn Township park. The commission says it also must approve of any such activities in writing.
Questions about Bushy Run’s reenactments arose when a man who lives in another state and is of Native American heritage contacted the state historical commission to say he considered portrayals of Native Americans by non-Native reenactors at the park to be disrespectful, according to Bonnie Ramus.
Ramus is president of the Bushy Run Battlefield Heritage Society, which operates the park. She said the complaint triggered a phone call from PHMC officials on the afternoon of Friday, Aug. 5, requesting that she cancel the Aug. 6-7 reenactment of a 1763 battle between Native Americans and British troops at the site.
Ramus told the Tribune-Review she declined to cancel the event, in large part because many reenactors already were camped at the park.
Howard Pollman, director of external affairs for the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, didn’t reveal specifics of the reported complaint about Bushy Run reenactors.
But, he said, in a statement issued Friday, “Our colleagues who represent the sovereign tribal nations have expressed significant concerns about and objections to the Battle of Bushy Run reenactment.
“To continue this programming without evaluation and significant input from those tribes connected tothe battle would go against the best practices and ethics of the public history field and would be a sign of disrespect to those who have voiced their opposition to this event.
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He said the PHMC “has placed a moratorium on interpretation and events portraying Native Americans, unless the relevant federally recognized tribes havebeen consulted."
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Is Bushy Run Battlefield Park on an Indian reservation?
Answer appears to be no:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushy_Run_Battlefield
One person............. one.......................
The Native Americans will have to be portrayed by Native Americans, who will be armed with AR-15s and 30-rnd mags.
I thought this was another LGBTQ+ thread.................
Iron Eyes Cody says, “HI!”
Geez are we going to get the ok from the German government before any Hessian reeanctors are allowed at a historical reenactment now also ????
There are very few people who portray native Americans at these events and most of them are white dudes. An eccentric bunch they have lives and careers that allow them to skin their heads and sport Mohawks or other native hairstyles.
I think in all my years of Rev War reenacting I may have met one native reenact or who was actually a native.
In that case, I object to casting all, or nearly all, of the African-American/Black performers in the musical “Hamilton” to play white people as offensive to the Caucasian race and must be stopped immediately. (sarc)
No, it’s a state park outside Pittsburgh. There are no federal Indian reservations east of the Mississippi River.
The British soldier reenactors are whites only, right?
I’ve long wanted to see “Malcolm X” remade with Nora Lum (aka Awkwafina) playing the lead role as a fun loving and irreverent lesbian.
I’m sure the lefties will be okay with this.
“…the Penn Township park”
Ugh, Townships. HOAs with police forces.
“Is Bushy Run Battlefield Park on an Indian reservation?”
Bushy Run Battlefield is Pennsylvania’s only recognized Native American battlefield. The acreage was acquired by the state and established as a state park in the 1920s. In August 2009, the state closed several Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission facilities. The PHMC is the governmental agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and due to a lack of funding as part of an ongoing budget crisis several facilities went on the block. Bushy Run Battlefield was one of the sites set to be closed. With the help of the Bushy Run Battlefield Heritage Society, the site’s volunteer organization, the museum has stayed open despite budget cuts. On May 5, 2010 the Bushy Run Battlefield Heritage Society came to an agreement with the PHMC to allow the volunteers to staff and operate the museum.
“...portrayals of Native Americans by non-Native reenactors at the park to be disrespectful...”
Too many times people with an agenda wish to disregard fact and trade it for marketing. The only way to make the re-enactment correct was to bring in the native American tribes for their input and approval prior to the re-enactment of the event. At the time of the battle (1763) Pennsylvania wasn’t a state yet (1787) so the only true contributors of the event were the Delaware, Shawnee, Mingo, and Huron tribes and the British. The state wasn’t involved. And after the way the native Americans have been punished for letting the Europeans come in and hammer them, I wouldn’t trust the trespassers either.
I think it not only correct, but admirable that both the state and the tribes are willing to work together to provide history in a correct educational manner with both sides cementing the agreement by contract to protect its future from carpet bagging politicians. Look how the Sioux were treated after Little Bighorn with the lies about Custer’s actions and the chasing and killing of the tribes for years after. And all they did was protect their land and resources they’d been on for centuries before the Europeans arrived and decimated the land most of it for gold prospecting while killing the food and harming the indians because they got in the way.
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You don't anything about re-enactments do you, and what goes into them?
Sure. Indian graveyard. Poltergeist. Steven King. Pet Sematary. Amityville Horror.
Is Hamilton disrespectful?
Ban all war movies for showing nazis as bad guys
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