[Vision2020] Article: "The Other Way You Need To Know"
Douglas Stambler
ccm_moscow@yahoo.com
Tue, 8 Jul 2003 10:49:45 -0700 (PDT)
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The Other Way You Need To Know
Christopher Columbus is not my idea of a hero. Every mainstream history book in America protects us from knowing who he truly was: A murderer; a thief; a rapist. But telling the truth is not America’s forte. So, let me lay it down for you like this: All the Native Americans did live better before the Europeans got their hands on North America. There was another way of living in your place, that we should all become acquainted with. There was another way of living in this place, now called The United States of America. That way of life was spiritually, economically and socially superior to modern-day American society.
Moscow, Idaho is a clear example of how the descendants of Europeans confused homesteading with what really occurred there: an illegal occupation of land that was already settled by another people. Home is what people today call the land known as Moscow, Idaho, however, no reasonable individual would deny all historical indicators and the obvious signs of moral failure that obviously point to the eventual reclaiming of that stolen land by the Native Americans, who lived in that place for at least three-thousand years prior to the bully-techniques of homesteaders, which temporarily overthrew them from their sacred lands.
Of course, once the United States is completely returned to the Native Americans, it will thrive again like it should have since Columbus arrived. That’s not to say that this will be an easy task: “White” people in places like Moscow, Idaho have a false sense of ownership and a weak loyalty to community, so any land reclamation actions are likely to get violent if “whites” feel any legitimate challenge to their “racial superiority,” which to them justifies the occupation of Native American land in the first place. While “white people” in Moscow, Idaho would deny their collective, racist heritage, it is obvious to historians and novice scholars, that these people are in some deep denial about who they really are: unwanted occupants of sacred ground.
That’s not to say that the current occupants of Moscow, Idaho would completely reject the return of Native American culture to their town. But at least a few changes would have to occur before all the remnants of a devious, “white” culture could be permanently removed from the area. 1) The current occupants would have to admit their inability to manage the area’s natural resources in a sustainable way; 2) Native Americans would have to be offered free or reduced tuition at the University of Idaho (in Moscow, Idaho); 3) the local historical society would be more honest about the longevity of native culture in that area; 4) and, local government would have to give up a representative governing strategy, and switch over to time-honored, tribal forms of government. Only when these four changes occur, will Moscow, Idaho be on the track to becoming the place it once was and should be again: A gathering place for a multitude of people, who seek to increase and perfect an agraria!
n way of
life.
Throughout the United States, similar changes will be an indication that the land is returning to its rightful “owners”: the Native Americans. How long can Americans of conscience stand by and watch as the “white mentality” continues to permit and encourage the destruction of all life, everywhere in the United States? The only way into the future for America is to deliberately turn over management responsibilities of all the land to Native American nations who can sustain it properly. No one will even remember the “accident of Columbus and all that followed,” once this is finally done correctly. It needs to happen. It will happen. We have no choice. Let’s start moving in that direction today. Give America back to the indigenous people – all of it.
In sum, there are going to be a lot of “white” people unhappy in all this change. But it’s worth it: After all the wrongs done by “white” people here in America, giving the land back to the Native Americans is one thing “they” can finally get right.
In Christ,
Douglas Stambler
(Moscow, ID/Pullman, WA)
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Christopher Columbus is not my idea of a hero.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Every mainstream history book in America protects us from knowing who he truly was: A murderer; a thief; a rapist.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But telling the truth is not America’s forte.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>So, let me lay it down for you like this: All the Native Americans did live better before the Europeans got their hands on North America.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>There was another way of living in your place, that we should all become acquainted with.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>There was another way of living in this place, now called The United States of America.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>That way of life was spiritually, economically and socially superior to modern-day American society.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Moscow, Idaho is a clear example of how the descendants of Europeans confused homesteading with what really occurred there: an illegal occupation of land that was already settled by another people.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Home is what people today call the land known as Moscow, Idaho, however, no reasonable individual would deny all historical indicators and the obvious signs of moral failure that obviously point to the eventual reclaiming of that stolen land by the Native Americans, who lived in that place for at least three-thousand years prior to the bully-techniques of homesteaders, which temporarily overthrew them from their sacred lands.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Of course, once the United States is completely returned to the Native Americans, it will thrive again like it should have since Columbus arrived.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>That’s not to say that this will be an easy task: “White” people in places like Moscow, Idaho have a false sense of ownership and a weak loyalty to community, so any land reclamation actions are likely to get violent if “whites” feel any legitimate challenge to their “racial superiority,” which to them justifies the occupation of Native American land in the first place.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>While “white people” in Moscow, Idaho would deny their collective, racist heritage, it is obvious to historians and novice scholars, that these people are in some deep denial about who they really are: unwanted occupants of sacred ground.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>That’s not to say that the current occupants of Moscow, Idaho would completely reject the return of Native American culture to their town.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But at least a few changes would have to occur before all the remnants of a devious, “white” culture could be permanently removed from the area.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>1) The current occupants would have to admit their inability to manage the area’s natural resources in a sustainable way; 2) Native Americans would have to be offered free or reduced tuition at the University of Idaho (in Moscow, Idaho); 3) the local historical society would be more honest about the longevity of native culture in that area; 4) and, local government would have to give up a representative governing strategy, and switch over to time-honored, tribal forms of government.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN!
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when these four changes occur, will Moscow, Idaho be on the track to becoming the place it once was and should be again: A gathering place for a multitude of people, who seek to increase and perfect an agrarian way of life.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Throughout the United States, similar changes will be an indication that the land is returning to its rightful “owners”: the Native Americans.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>How long can Americans of conscience stand by and watch as the “white mentality” continues to permit and encourage the destruction of all life, everywhere in the United States?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The only way into the future for America is to deliberately turn over management responsibilities of all the land to Native American nations who can sustain it properly.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>No one will even remember the “accident of Columbus and all that followed,” once this is finally done correctly.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It needs to happen.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It will happen.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SP!
AN>We
have no choice.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Let’s start moving in that direction today.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Give America back to the indigenous people – all of it.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>In sum, there are going to be a lot of “white” people unhappy in all this change.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But it’s worth it: After all the wrongs done by “white” people here in America, giving the land back to the Native Americans is one thing “they” can finally get right.</FONT></P>
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