Native American Racism
Native Americans: 500 years of Racism and Oppression "In fourteen-hundred and ninety-two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue." This little saying is something that I'm sure we all learned as children, to help us remember the year that Columbus discovered America. However, Columbus did not discover America, it has been here as long as Spain, England, and the rest of the countries in the world at that time. Although not as nearly technologically advanced as the countries of Europe, the Native American nations functioned as well, if not better, as these advanced nations of Europe. However, because the Native Americans were viewed as inferior savages when Columbus set foot on America, he saw it fit to take their land and life. Columbus was the beginning of a long history of racism and oppression against all Native Americans living in the Americas. Through this course of time, there have been many different areas in which racism has shown itself: through now forgotten wars, environmental racism, and the forcing of beliefs upon these nations.Most people have heard the saying "history repeats itself." There is another saying that is not as well known, written by the author of Wa*censored*a: Genocide on the Great Plains, James Ho
"Why AIM Opposses Columbus Day and Columbus Day Parades". General Phil Sheridan, the architect of the Wa*censored*a Massacre, did indeed specify the camp of Mountain Chief as the [Major Eugene] Baker target - but Baker's local superiors urged him to use his own discretion and "punish" the Piegans who might [Horsley's emphasis] be guilty in the past or future (Gibson 3). Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: 1997. Racism can have different forms. There always seems to be a more dominant race of people. Even though as American citizens they share the same rights as any American, the Fourth is when the U. However, to a Native American, Columbus Day is the beginning of the end of their way of life. Glenn Morris and Russell Means believe that no one should celebrate Columbus Day, and that it should not be a holiday. If it pleases Our Lord, I will take six of them to Your Highnesses when I depart, in order that they may learn our language" (Morris and Means 537). It all depends on race and religion to figure out who celebrates what. One relief that the Native Americans do have is the First Amendment, which includes the "Four Freedoms, as do all Americans: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom of fear, and freedom of want - outlined by President Franklin D. To your average American, the Fourth of July is a time of celebration; a time when we celebrate the Independence of this Country.
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