Friday, February 17, 2006
Insidious Abuse
Thanks to Juli Meanwhile at Idyll Opus for the following link:
http://hnn.us/articles/7302.html
History News Network isn't just another American holocaust denier. They market themselves as a reliable provider of K-12 educational materials.
I notice, by the way, HNN is based in Seattle. Washington state has always been a hotbed of Anti-Indian think tanks and propaganda mills. I also notice an absence in the article denying genocide, of any reference to key acts of Congress in which elimination of Indian nations and peoples is spelled out as the objective of the United States. Nothing about ethnic cleansing through religious boarding schools. No mention of forced sterilization in our lifetime.
Coincidentally, I see Washington Governor Gregoire ignored the Columbia River tribes in her recent deal with irrigators. At least she didn't openly slander Indians like California's governor, but she may be setting up a situation similar to Klamath Basin by pitting whites against Indians through asserting state authority to abrogate their interests. Maybe worse since she apparently co-opted the greens.
As I've noted before, psychological warfare against First Nations has evolved to suit the needs of corporations hungry for their resources, as well as for state governments that view tribes as competition for lotteries and federal grants. Employing anti-sovereignty brainwashing in the guise of aids to child education may be strategically wise in terms of extending capitalism and the privileges of white supremacy, but it's a particularly insidious abuse of power.
http://hnn.us/articles/7302.html
History News Network isn't just another American holocaust denier. They market themselves as a reliable provider of K-12 educational materials.
I notice, by the way, HNN is based in Seattle. Washington state has always been a hotbed of Anti-Indian think tanks and propaganda mills. I also notice an absence in the article denying genocide, of any reference to key acts of Congress in which elimination of Indian nations and peoples is spelled out as the objective of the United States. Nothing about ethnic cleansing through religious boarding schools. No mention of forced sterilization in our lifetime.
Coincidentally, I see Washington Governor Gregoire ignored the Columbia River tribes in her recent deal with irrigators. At least she didn't openly slander Indians like California's governor, but she may be setting up a situation similar to Klamath Basin by pitting whites against Indians through asserting state authority to abrogate their interests. Maybe worse since she apparently co-opted the greens.
As I've noted before, psychological warfare against First Nations has evolved to suit the needs of corporations hungry for their resources, as well as for state governments that view tribes as competition for lotteries and federal grants. Employing anti-sovereignty brainwashing in the guise of aids to child education may be strategically wise in terms of extending capitalism and the privileges of white supremacy, but it's a particularly insidious abuse of power.
