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“…Black Kettle had been given an american flag, and was told that as long as he flew it, no soldier would ever hurt him. He flew the flag, whereupon all the elders, women, and children gatherd around him. Then the soldiers cut them all down with gatlin guns and scalped them. There were no men to protect them because, to get them out of camp, colonel chivington had said that they could go on a buffalo hunt…”
-YouTube.com Person, one of over 20,000 who have viewed abridged portions of the award-winning, “The Sand Creek Massacre” film.
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“They don’t teach THIS in American schools.EVER.They don’t teach about the truth of anything,especially what was REALLY done to the pnaci. Oh no,they gloss right over that. And every November they have the kids dress up like pnaci,and kids dress up like ’settlers’,how they were welcomed,how they ate together…nothing but fairy tale lies.They don’t tell us how they took pnaci children from their families and took they’re language and customs from them.They dressed them in white man clothes.” -Wonder World You Tube 2010
“Don, I just want to tell you that my respect for you has tripled. Hopefully, your courage and integrity in documenting this tragedy will act to enlighten and remind us of the nature of hatred and prejudice.”
Paul
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“500 years of rape murder and torture…there is no more room for forgiveness.”
Comment about the award-winning, “The Sand Creek Massacre”, on YouTube.com. 2009
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“…–as a confidenital aside—you would not believe the money the liquor store owners make from those tiny, putrid stores—this is completely confidential but one of the owners is a distant relative of –the liquor license gets passed around through family members–they can make upwards of $200k a year from one of those licenses–which, as you know, for that area, is a substantial income.”
Comment about- Pine Ridge Reservation 2009
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“…why do you keep forgetting this, it was not that long ago. We do not pay enough attention to this, us govt and ignorant people cont to treat these people as well as other people different from them poorly…”
Comment about the award-winning, “The Sand Creek Massacre” demo on YouTube.com 2009
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“…saw your note about Pine Ridge. As badly as I feel for the Haitians, I feel worse for the people of Pine Ridge. Was there twice–once in my childhood–driving through—again two years ago with a friend whose father is a retired lawyer in Sheridan County. Saw Red Cloud’s grave and the Jesuit School. Saw the obscenity that is White Clay. What no one really tells the world is how many cans of beer are sold in White Clay every year and what it does to that population. But just talk to anybody in the neighboring community of Rushville, or walk through the local pawn shop. As long as we have places like Pine Ridge in this country we really are a failed state…”
Comment about Pine Ridge Reservation 2010
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“Oh man…. You guys…Your all missing the big picture here. If we don’t all get along…this is what you get, lol DUH! Yet even today, here in this very response section we see people with differing opinions attacking each other with venom and hatred and generalizations…It’s just plain stoopid. Live and let live. Or we shall all shurely die.”
Comment about the award-winning “The Sand Creek Massacre” film 2009
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“No- that’s how it is in AMERIKKKA… a place that calls itself a democracy. In REAL democracies this doesn’t happen. People actually VOTE directly for their leader, out of various candidates from MULTIPLE parties and every law during his/her(YES, HER) term, through referendums. This what you have, is a two-party dictatorship. Ask the average “american” what a referendum means, and they can’t tell you for crap. Dont’ believe me? TRY it. I already did, as part of a study for Sociopolitics class.”
Comment under the award-winning, “The Sand Creek Massacre” film 2009
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“Having Indian blood running through my veins, and growing up hearing stories from my Grandmother about how she was ostracized by her own family for having dark skin and eyes, and looking like her Indian relatives, I find your work very touching. She carried a great spiritual weight with her throughout her life. My Father always raised me to be proud of my Indian heritage. He always felt and was not shy to share his feeling that the Native Indians suffered incredibly and that the Native Americans were not the savages, but the European explorers, settlers and government officials were the true savages.”
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