Canada certainly pioneered it. Unmarked graves announced at the former Kuper Island Residential "School" yesterday. Very close to home, a high school friend's mother and grandmother were survivors of that place. (survivors only in the sense that they lived, they were very traumatized) Any Canadian who was paying attention during our Truth and Reconciliation hearings knows there are many unmarked graves yet to be found.
This is why Haaland is not just lip service or a figurehead. No one else was ever going to do this.
I hope she also turns the klieg lights on the so-called "reform schools" where Black children were sent for even the tiniest infractions. One of the worst, the Dozier School in Florida, was finally shut down in 2011. So let's not fall for this "don't dig up ancient history" crap.
The EPA is who is in charge of the uranium cleanup, not Interior. Haaland announced last month the stopping of oil and gas leases in the Arctic, and the Interior is also reviewing oil and gas on federal lands in general and pushing a major conservation and clean energy initiative. There are still Indian boarding schools operating today, a few run by the federal government and there have been deaths at them in the last 5-10 years. This isn't a long ago historical thing. This is ongoing.
This is long overdue. Those schools were notorious for forcing kids to speak English only, destroying ceremonial goods, and cutting their beautiful hair.
A short PSA about "government cheese": Americans have embraced the concept of low-fat milk. Most people now drink 1% or 2% milk, rather than whole milk (3.5%), and low-fat yogurt, cottage cheese, etc.
This means every gallon of milk has to remove 1.5% to 2.5% fat before sale. The fat gets made into giant blocks of cheese. And there are warehouses full of the cheese. This is why there are so many recipes that use cheese - because Americans drink low-fat milk, but they love the nachos and the melted gooburgers.
The government buys the cheese (or the milkfat) as a means of supporting dairy farmers, who have been having a very bad time for a long while. And there's only so much cheezy pizza and cheezy fries and cheezy mac n cheese the government can make armed services members and public school children eat. (A lot. They eat a lot of cheeze cheese foods.)
So it's got tons of cheese blocks, and it might as well hand them out. And if Lauren Cheezass Bobert doesn't want any, no one is going to force her to take the stuff. But parents trying to feed kids on minimum wage can make those bricks go pretty far.
It's not quite the same, but my SO surveyed land near Portland, OR. He found a gravestone (tiny one) for an unknown boy child buried in what was then a TB asylum. He kept it, as otherwise it would have been destroyed or buried, and he thought this poor child deserved better than that. When we left Portland, we put it in an appropriate place, as it wasn't a souvenir to us.
Having always been told I look somewhat native American, I was disappointed to learn I don't have any DNA that confirms that. I AM a whole lot Finnish, however.
You're right, thanks. Yeah, 'Bury My Heart..." was a high school read, '73 was a long time ago.
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Canada certainly pioneered it. Unmarked graves announced at the former Kuper Island Residential "School" yesterday. Very close to home, a high school friend's mother and grandmother were survivors of that place. (survivors only in the sense that they lived, they were very traumatized) Any Canadian who was paying attention during our Truth and Reconciliation hearings knows there are many unmarked graves yet to be found.
Poe's Law, hon.
The hell with To Kill a Mockingbird. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee should be required reading in every home in the US.
The other book from that era - which hasn't aged as well - is Carlos Casteneda's The Teachings of Don Juan.
This is why Haaland is not just lip service or a figurehead. No one else was ever going to do this.
I hope she also turns the klieg lights on the so-called "reform schools" where Black children were sent for even the tiniest infractions. One of the worst, the Dozier School in Florida, was finally shut down in 2011. So let's not fall for this "don't dig up ancient history" crap.
The EPA is who is in charge of the uranium cleanup, not Interior. Haaland announced last month the stopping of oil and gas leases in the Arctic, and the Interior is also reviewing oil and gas on federal lands in general and pushing a major conservation and clean energy initiative. There are still Indian boarding schools operating today, a few run by the federal government and there have been deaths at them in the last 5-10 years. This isn't a long ago historical thing. This is ongoing.
When did the RNC not support Trump? I can't think of a single instance.
This is long overdue. Those schools were notorious for forcing kids to speak English only, destroying ceremonial goods, and cutting their beautiful hair.
A short PSA about "government cheese": Americans have embraced the concept of low-fat milk. Most people now drink 1% or 2% milk, rather than whole milk (3.5%), and low-fat yogurt, cottage cheese, etc.
This means every gallon of milk has to remove 1.5% to 2.5% fat before sale. The fat gets made into giant blocks of cheese. And there are warehouses full of the cheese. This is why there are so many recipes that use cheese - because Americans drink low-fat milk, but they love the nachos and the melted gooburgers.
The government buys the cheese (or the milkfat) as a means of supporting dairy farmers, who have been having a very bad time for a long while. And there's only so much cheezy pizza and cheezy fries and cheezy mac n cheese the government can make armed services members and public school children eat. (A lot. They eat a lot of cheeze cheese foods.)
So it's got tons of cheese blocks, and it might as well hand them out. And if Lauren Cheezass Bobert doesn't want any, no one is going to force her to take the stuff. But parents trying to feed kids on minimum wage can make those bricks go pretty far.
I listen to CBC a LOT, and the stories I heard about this were heartbreaking and disgusting.
Hark! Do I hear the indignant yammering of repugs getting closer?
Sorry col, but most of us HAVE heard of Ruby's story, for pete's sake. Try again, or for our sake, don't try again.
It's not quite the same, but my SO surveyed land near Portland, OR. He found a gravestone (tiny one) for an unknown boy child buried in what was then a TB asylum. He kept it, as otherwise it would have been destroyed or buried, and he thought this poor child deserved better than that. When we left Portland, we put it in an appropriate place, as it wasn't a souvenir to us.
Having always been told I look somewhat native American, I was disappointed to learn I don't have any DNA that confirms that. I AM a whole lot Finnish, however.