Hello Everyone!
I hope this finds each one of you well and doing fine. Things are good here. Here in Centennial, CO, we continue to get pounded with rain every day. I have lived here in the Denver area for 65 years and have never experienced so much rain in May and June, ever! We have to try to work in mowing the lawn with our Ego Power cordless lawn mower between rains, which takes some doing.
The photos contained in this email was taken by Steve, Cheryl, and Mara Melendez, co-founders and CEO’s of the American Indian Genocide Museum (AIGM). They were at the NAFSA: Association of International Educators 75th anniversary that brought together hundreds of International and United States Institutions of higher learning and their educators. Educators who came by the AIGM booth said they never knew this history.
Word came out that everyone was talking about AIGM and said our presentation was beautifully done. It was the first time in 75 years that they had seen something like AIGM.
The exhibit was also viewed by middle and high school students. It was well received by both teachers and students.
If we are to live in a country that we literally took away from its indigenous people, then, we must work together to inform, to educate, and to expand awareness about racism. We must continue to fight the white power-mongers who are working to erase the history of the
indigenous people.
I have included a link in this post that gives a brief, but compelling history of how the white man took the land from indigenous people in this country. I encourage you to read and to pass it on to your family, friends, and business associates. By doing so, it will be an extension of showing your respect for the indigenous people here in their country and a direct confrontation to the white people who continue the genocide of the indigenous people.
One form of genocide was shared with me by Southern Cheyenne Chief Laird Whistling Eagle Cometsevah. While making the Sand Creek Massacre documentary film, he and I became bonded. I developed a deep regard and respect for him. He played an integral role in putting me together with the Southern Cheyenne, the Northern Cheyenne, the Southern Arapaho, and the Northern Arapaho tribes, where I traveled thousands of miles to interact with tribal members in making the Sand Creek Massacre film. He said the term, Native American, is a white man’s term. It is a form of genocide and should not be used.
Thanks so much once again for your continuing support.
I deeply appreciate it.
Take care and have a nice summer!
Best Regards,
Don
http://www.donvasicek.com
http://www.sandcreekmassacre.net
dvasicek@earthlink.net
303-903-2103
How Indian Territory Became The State Of Oklahoma | American Indian Genocide Museum http://www.aigenom.org