Posted on 10/10/2015 5:14:01 AM PDT by GonzoII
Nine cities in states across the US have pressed for resolutions to recognize October 12 as Indigenous Peoples Day rather than Columbus Day. Eight of those cities passed resolutions in the last two months and three adopted a resolution just this week.
The City Council of Albuquerque, New Mexico voted six to three on Thursday to recognize October 12 as Indigenous Peoples’ Day in a new proclamation:
“Albuquerque recognizes the occupation of New Mexico’s homelands for the building of our City and knows indigenous nations have lived upon this land since time immemorial and values the process of our society accomplished through and by American Indian thought, culture, technology.”
The proclamation noted 500 years of Indian resistance since the arrival of Christopher Columbus and marked the day “in an effort to reveal a more accurate historical record of the ‘discovery’ of the United States of America,” and to “recognize the contributions of Indigenous peoples despite enormous efforts against native nations.”
(Excerpt) Read more at rt.com ...
Very good point.....and Texas, California and New Mexico did not belong to Mexico....
Yep. There’s a brewery in Somerville...they have a blood orange flavor that’s FANTASTIC!
http://www.slumbrew.com/Our_Beers
Also, the high cultures of the Americas were mostly south of the USA — in Mexico (Toltec, Olmec, Aztec) or Peru
well, Neanderthals were in Eurasia, so sub-Saharan africans had nothing to do with their demise. though Caucasians, East Asians and Americo tribes do
“Neanderthals were in Eurasia, so sub-Saharan africans had nothing to do with their demise”
Mostly true, but there are some notable exceptions - like the Khoisan tribes of southern Africa, as mentioned here:
https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24988-humanitys-forgotten-return-to-africa-revealed-in-dna
AS long as the “heroine” is brunette, tanned, has golden body armor, with large, err, “lungs”, and can leap tall buildings in a single bound, I say go for it.
LOL....yeah!
wow!! That is fascinating. I did not know about this return to Africa. Thank you!
Just like one of the greatest inventions in the past few centuries was indoor plumbing, running water.
It is incredible a culture could be around that long and not figure out how to work metal, either. Complicated things, yes. But other cultures mastered tech in shorter spans. Just look what the Egyptians were doing 4,000 years ago.
This is all part of the liberal fetish to worship losers and victims rather than to respect winners and achievers. In the long run, this cannot turn out well for our society or culture if minds are prepared to be nothing but losers. We need warriors with hunger for victory, not loser pansies.
Celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day Award
Even the Dung Beatle perfected the wheel.
Sticks are round and logs roll.
Doesn’t take much of a leap of imagination to invent the wheel.
Just need a reason...to haul heavy stuff more quickly... but then you hit rocks, tussocks of grass, brambles and ground clutter... aha, trail/road grading, government jobs because somebody needs to lean on shovels, they won’t stand up by themselves.
Comes down to having indigenous draft animals or coolies to haul our stuff..
wheels, the joy and bane of modern life.
Life without a Trabant, grim and joyless.
he was the best marketeer.
Also, metals are found and used if you want them or need them. As hunter-gatherers, the natives of what is now the USA didn't need these products.
We need to start a counter group for Mexico’s terrorized and impoverished indigenous population. We can return the parts of Mexico Mexican’s stole from the Maya for starters.
Yes, the ME was Christian before Muslim’s took it. Where’s the call for reparations? A return to the aboriginal people? Why is it always America’s fault?
For instance, 96% or so of the Atlantic slave trade was to places other than the United States, particularly the Caribbean and Brazil. Where are the calls for reparations from these countries?
Why is Africa so black and China so oriental? Let’s see some diversity movements there? Why aren’t ME refugees clamoring to get into China or India or Russia?
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