Re: Re: Re: In reply to loseyourname...
You're right. It pisses me off to know that many of my ancestors, and all mestizo people today, are Spanish speakers. It's an insult to the native people that we were forced to adopt the habits, religion, and language of the people who came in, raped our women, killed our warriors, and corrupted our children. I even have a Spanish surname and I'm ashamed to know that I'm at least partially descended from Conquistadores. I don't mean to be of any offense to the people on the forum living in the Americas, but it may be the ultimate insult that immigrants from around the world are welcomed with open arms, can come here and make a living when they have been displaced from their home lands, while my own people, who have claims to this land going back 20,000 years, are given nothing.
Originally posted by Baron Dants It is particularly BECAUSE you are a Native American that I assumed that you would understand our situation. Didn't the missionary schools deprive your ancestors of speaking their own language? Why did they do so? It facilitated their assimilation...Which is probably the reason why you have never had the opportunity to learn Cherokee..and why Native American art and culture is not developping any more than it alrady has. Same situation applies here.
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