theslimbox

theslimbox t1_jdinc1q wrote

I agree, it's tricky. My opinion is that if we spend time complaining about the past, we are missing out on the future. I have relatives that are living on reservations complaining about how the old traditions are being lost, that would be much better off today if they moved on to modern living. I'm seeing them complain about sacred sites, when they have no clue that our nation was in the Eastern states less than 200 years ago, and they are saying areas we conquered other nations to take have been sacred to us for generations. A poor understanding of history leads to stupid claims. I forgive anyone that has done injustice to my family in the past as I hope others my family may have offended will forgive us, and I hope we can all work together to keep loving others we we love ourselves into the future.

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theslimbox t1_jdhuohf wrote

It's cool he is doing this, but it will be interesting to look into this and see just how long this land has been considered sacred. Doing some family history, I recently foundout that many of the sites my nation claims is sacred, we took from other nations as we pushed westward as Europeans took our land. I think it's a shame that we are calling things ours that we simply conquered a century or less before it was taken from us.

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