Posted on 11/08/2018 11:21:07 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Edited on 11/08/2018 12:22:35 PM PST by Sidebar Moderator. [history]
SEATTLE - - Seattle is planning to review the iconic totem poles located in the city in consideration of cultural concerns.
The council would then engage with community members on the art's historical and cultural relevance to decide the next steps.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
The Indians were slave owners?
And their lands in our country are sovereign nations?
The South needs to sue.
“... Debora Juarez, a member of the Blackfeet Nation...”
Years ago I was friends with a Blackfoot Indian, and she also worked for the National Park Service. She told me that the word Blackfoot is never pluralized it was called the Blackfoot nation and never referred to as the Blackfeet nation. She was a Blackfoot, so I’m going with her Statement. Can anybody confirm the correctness of that statement?
I’m afraid Austin’s dreams will come true.
Much of the rest of the state will resist them though.
“Like many of his contemporaries, he [Chief Seattle] owned slaves captured during his raids”
I chuckle every time I read that entry on Wekipedia. Some folks can have their slave-owning past instantly reconciled with post-post-modern sensibilities by invoking the simple words “like many of his contemporaries.”
LMAO#!!!!
THANKS for that. First time I’ve smiled since election-aye ight-nay
...and a twelve foot tall bronze statue of Lenin.
I hope so.
A lot of blue/purple states with lots of red counties have deep blue urban centers that suck the life out of the rest of the state.
Colorado has Denver and Boulder. Look at Colorado now.
Now you guys have DFW to worry about, too, not to mention Houston.
You’re a big, rich, populous state with large blue cities. If you guys don’t wake up soon you’ll be another California in another decade or two.
Washington was actually very nice to live in when I moved here in 1989.
Good luck.
The Blackfeet Reservation spans territory in Montana and Canada. They have no territorial claim in the inter-mountain Northwest. The Snohomish, Puyallup, Klickitat, and Yakama however, do.
I thought that honoring other cultures was the hallmark of the educated left! Now they’re saying that it’s cultural appropriation!
[[Seattle to review totem poles for cultural sensitivity]]
Oh shut the hell up Seattle! How’s that for sensitivity?
Tear them all down - Cultural Appropriation!
But according to the politically correct NY Slimes style guide, the term African-American is to be used instead of Black, therefore they need to be referred to as the African-Americanfoot tribe.
But according to the politically correct NY Slimes style guide, the term African-American is to be used instead of Black, therefore they need to be referred to as the African-Americanfoot tribe.
I live in Southeast Alaska and have several Tlingit and Haida neighbors. They would disagree.
Notwithstanding, Seattelites in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries stole totems and took them to Seattle to display. A traditional Totem will last about a hundred years so most of the ones you see down there now are replicas. New ones are being made by native Alaskans to replace the ones that have succumbed to the elements . A rather large bone of contention these days is the emergence of non traditional themes in fake totem polls made by non Indians. We have one, recently unveiled, in front of our public library that has generated a little controversy. As you can see, it is not at all a traditional Tlingit or Haida totem with the subject matter being white man's nursery rhymes rather than Indian religious symbols
Photos at the link: http://taralee-alcock.squarespace.com/news/2018/3/13/storytellers-pole-progress?rq=library%20totem%20pole
LOL...excellent.
The totem poles throughout the NW honor the tribes there.
SCOTUS decided to take on the Bladensburg Cross case last week
Talk about cultural appropriation!
This Indian woman has a Hebrew first name. "Deborah" means "bee" in Hebrew. Deborah was the Biblical prophetess who summoned Barak to battle against an army of invaders. After the battle she wrote a victory song which is part of the Book of Judges.
Her last name is thought to be a regional variant of Suárez, which in turn comes from the Latin word "suerius," which suggests that the name was occupational, for a swineherd.
Why isn't she using her authentic Blackfoot name?
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