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echao@flowbee.interaccess.com (Eisen Chao) writes:
: Cats13 (edconect@river.it.gvsu.edu) wrote:
: 
: :  I had very mixed feelings when I read this announcement. There was not one 
: : mention of the First People in the "celebration" activities, save for the 
: : last paragraph. 
: 
: : I am of mixed heritage (Chippewa and European ancestery), so these types 
: : of ceremonies always give me pause. I would hope that in addition to 
: : celebrating the landing of the Mayflower, participants will think long 
: : and hard about the thousands upon thousands of Native Americans that were 
: : killed, persecuted and displaced by the Europeans. I hope that you would 
: : also celebrate the contributions to the USA that Native Americans have made. 
: 
: : I love the USA, but to ignore this shameful part of our history and the 
: : continuing struggles of Native people diminishes us all.
: 
:   Diane, 
: 
:   You Native Americans just might have the last laff on this tragic
:   affair. Maybe a hundred years from now, there will be celebrations
:   by Cuban/Asian/Mexican descended Americans (or whatever) in honor
:   of their ancestors first arriving in America, and the descendants
:   of the Pilgrims will be mourning the loss of "their" ancestral
:   lands ......
: 
:   Eisen

Well, not quite true Eisen.  To be fair, the Mexican were already in
today's American southwest and the US arrived later.  Sort of.   ;-)

Aldo


> 
> 
> : This is not a flame. I feel it's important to remember all people, not 
> : just the Pilgrims.
> 
> : Diane Alexander
> : alexandd@gvsu.edu