{"id":171,"date":"2004-11-04T16:01:58","date_gmt":"2004-11-04T16:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hostkabob.com\/vote\/?p=164"},"modified":"2004-11-04T16:01:58","modified_gmt":"2004-11-04T16:01:58","slug":"11304","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/?p=171","title":{"rendered":"11\/3\/04"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our platform calls for, not only making more tangible amends to the Native Americans for the absolutely unconscionable genocide and theft of land committed by our forefathers — but it also calls for much more strident attempts to build bridges, and learn from the Native American culture… I talked with Bruce Thumm in Findlay, Ohio today. He married a Seneca Indian woman and has two sons who have dual citizenship, as card carrying Senecas and citizens of the U.S. Mr. Thumm told me: “Our ancestors killed more than 10 million Natives… and of the 800 treaties that were created — not one was honored.” [Talk about a ‘terrorist nation,’ huh.] One of Mr. Thumm’s sons is an artist. He painted an American flag as he interpreted it would be seen through the eyes of a Native. His painting had the red stripes bleeding into the white, representing the attrocities at: Wounded Knee, Bull Run, Little Big Horn, Trail of Tears… The flag was featured in the Governor’s Art Show… Mr. Thumm said through his marriage he started “to learn of their (Seneca’s) ways and spirituality.” He was deeply impressed. For instance, he said the Natives didn’t believe in owning land, “the land owned them, and they were functioning in harmony with the land and nature.” Question:<\/strong> If we were doing that, do you think we’d have all the environmental problems (global warming, vanishing species, acid rain…) we have now? I don’t.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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