Post by Maggie on Feb 22, 2014 19:07:35 GMT -6
It is easy to forget that America is made up of many types of people. Many of them have not been treated well historically. It was in a freshman sociology class that I learned that we had interned Japanese Americans during WWII. I had never heard a word about it prior to that. I still remember how I felt when the full impact of that fact hit me. No words can describe it. Likewise, some years later, I was reading about the trail of tears in the library. I had known very little about it and so was feeling increasingly distressed as I read. When I came upon a paragraph describing the grief stricken, hysterical barking of the Indians' dogs when they realized they were being left behind, I began to cry. I tear up now, decades later, when I think about that moment. Somehow, to me the suffering of children and animals is especially unbearable.
Here are some faces to remind us where we came from (Click to resize).
Chief Iron Tail was one of the most famous Native Americans of his day and a popular subject for professional photographers who circulated his image across the continents. Photograph c.1900. (Pinner's description)
Does Everything - Apsaroke (The North American Indian, v. IV. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1909)
Zitkala-Sa was a beautiful Yankton Sioux woman of Native American & white mixed ancestry. She was well educated and went on to become an accomplished author, musician, composer and later went on to work for the reform of Indian policies in the United States. (Pinner's description)
Here are some faces to remind us where we came from (Click to resize).
Chief Iron Tail was one of the most famous Native Americans of his day and a popular subject for professional photographers who circulated his image across the continents. Photograph c.1900. (Pinner's description)
Does Everything - Apsaroke (The North American Indian, v. IV. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1909)
Navajo Child
Zitkala-Sa was a beautiful Yankton Sioux woman of Native American & white mixed ancestry. She was well educated and went on to become an accomplished author, musician, composer and later went on to work for the reform of Indian policies in the United States. (Pinner's description)