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

[Richard Zane Smith]

Thanks Mona,
great!  look forward to meeting you as well.
it should be a great time!
actually ...I'm tryin not to think about it too much
i don't want to get all nervous *toooo* early!

Richard Zane Smith
Wyandotte, Ok


On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 1:35 PM, Mona Smith <mona at alliesmediaart.com> wrote:

> Richard,  I agree.  Hope to meet you this fall when you're in Mpls. St Paul
> for your award!
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> On May 5, 2010, at 10:13 AM, MJ Hardman wrote:
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> Thank you, Richard.  Your words are a balm on troubled times.  MJ
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> On 5/5/10 9:41 AM, "Richard Zane Smith" <rzs at WILDBLUE.NET> wrote:
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> Kweh,
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Richard Zane Smith
> Wyandotte, Okl.
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