US Seventh Cavalry air division attempt landing on Wounded Knee Sacred Burial grounds

[MJ Hardman]

Thank you, Richard.  Your words are a balm on troubled times.  MJ

On 5/5/10 9:41 AM, "Richard Zane Smith" <rzs at WILDBLUE.NET> wrote:

> Kweh,
> 
> I think what Wilma Thin Elk said was so well put:
> "...Thin Elk said she was still trying to make sense of what happened
> Saturday.
> "We have an airport in Pine Ridge. Why didn't they land over there and come to
> the site 
> ... in a car?" she asked. "What was the whole point?"
> 
> Some wonder why we always bring up the past and tell us "get over it!"
> but unless we remember it,we become numb, inactive and unaware of 
> what many in the majority culture choose to remain ignorant about.
> 
> What outsiders often decide is "honoring First Nations peoples"
> may in its very action , be actually degrading and give proof of cultural
> ignorance.
> The best Intentions when coupled by Insensitivity can cause the worst damage.
> 
> 
> Richard Zane Smith
> Wyandotte, Okl.
> 
> 

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