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SamKnause

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Sat Dec 29, 2012, 01:30 PM

Dec 2012

Thank you so very much for posting this !!!!!!

If you have anymore video suggestions please post them.

Happy New Year to you and yours.

PEACE

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150 years ago...from the Dakota War of 1862....we remember this... [View all] Evasporque Dec 2012 OP

K&R. nt raccoon Dec 2012 #1

innocent men? That's not what Dee Brown said. hfojvt Dec 2012 #2

because your 3 relatives are a tragedy, but 34 indians aren't? what? HiPointDem Dec 2012 #3

my three sons are just part of the 300 to 800 who are expected to remain nameless hfojvt Dec 2012 #26

neither were your ancestors. HiPointDem Dec 2012 #27

You do realize that the white man was the invader onto their lands? RC Dec 2012 #4

for 7,000 people to own 24 million acres hfojvt Dec 2012 #29

When is a settler an invader? When they lack permission to occupy another nation's land. Coyotl Dec 2012 #5

there is no ownership in nature hfojvt Dec 2012 #25

WOW! You sure are an apologist for the European genocide. Coyotl Dec 2012 #36

this is the most ridiculous argument i may have ever seen on this website...a real duzy spanone Dec 2012 #46

and yours is not even an argument hfojvt Dec 2012 #48

I'm guessing the Sioux weren't all that thrilled with your ancestors TwilightGardener Dec 2012 #6

yet they signed a couple of treaties allowing it in 1851 hfojvt Dec 2012 #32

Look at the whole picture. The plains tribes were being TwilightGardener Dec 2012 #34

Yes, let's "wipe these untamed and untamable creatures from the face of the earth" progressoid Dec 2012 #7

yes, let's hfojvt Dec 2012 #30

Wow, let 100s of outsiders show up on your property and try to run you off and see how you react! Logical Dec 2012 #8

"settlers" by another name are called "occupiers." Still occupy the land. nt kelliekat44 Dec 2012 #23

And so it continues Scootaloo Dec 2012 #33

Yes...lets defend genocide horsedoc Dec 2012 #44

The Irony here Unca Jim Dec 2012 #9

on both sides....we ignored the treaties, drove them off lands, and murdered.... Evasporque Dec 2012 #11

The US is still operating the same way all around the world. xtraxritical Dec 2012 #19

History is written by those who have hanged heroes. tblue Dec 2012 #22

War and enslavement is pretty much the history of the entire world since history has been kept. xtraxritical Dec 2012 #28

A heart felt documentary commemorating this tragedy yellerpup Dec 2012 #10

Thanks for posting this yellerpup! CountAllVotes Dec 2012 #12

Osiyo, CAV! yellerpup Dec 2012 #13

I just bought that video for my son riverwalker Dec 2012 #14

I found it incredibly moving. yellerpup Dec 2012 #18

Thanks. Will watch this later. progressoid Dec 2012 #15

That film had me crying. RebelOne Dec 2012 #35

Jim Miller's dream led him on a quest for forgiveness yellerpup Dec 2012 #37

Thank you so much for posting this documentary, yellerpup... Surya Gayatri Dec 2012 #38

There are so many untold stories yellerpup Dec 2012 #39

The "Eagle Project" sounds like a long over-due initiative... Surya Gayatri Dec 2012 #40

The Yellow Robe book yellerpup Dec 2012 #42

38+2 SamKnause Dec 2012 #43

My pleasure to share it with you. yellerpup Dec 2012 #45

When my ancestors came to Plymouth Plantation ... Vox Moi Dec 2012 #16

my GGGrandfather may have been involved (jeez I hope not!) Viva_La_Revolution Dec 2012 #17

George FAUBEL, b. 1834 d. 1915 Adsos Letter Dec 2012 #47

I have been in Mankato and had no idea about this tragedy jonthebru Dec 2012 #20

Whaa? Americans AREN'T perfect? bobclark86 Dec 2012 #21

k&r G_j Dec 2012 #24

Search for the #IdleNoMore hashtag on Twitter to witness the North American First Nations uprising! Fire Walk With Me Dec 2012 #31

The most shameful event in the history of my state. Odin2005 Dec 2012 #41