People are now starting movements to tear down statues that are “offensive” to Native Americans.
Next up: tearing down statues of people who’ve made offensive statues.
People are now starting movements to tear down statues that are “offensive” to Native Americans.
Next up: tearing down statues of people who’ve made offensive statues.
Why do we need statues anyway? How many starving children have they fed? Home many homeless have they helped? Tear them down, tear them all down and erase all our memories of the past. Wipe the slate clean and let us march boldly into a brighter future! AMERICA MUSS ERWACHEN!
Officially titled the “Act for the Protection of the People of Indian Territory”, the Act is named for Charles Curtis, congressman from Kansas and its author. He was of mixed Native American and European descent: on his mother’s side -Kansa, Osage, Potawatomi, and French; and on his father’s – three ethnic lines of British Isles ancestry. Curtis was raised in part on the Kaw Reservation of his maternal grandparents, but also lived with his paternal grandparents and attended Topeka High School. He read the law, became an attorney, and later was elected to the United States House of Representatives and Senate.[4] He served as Vice-President under Herbert Hoover.
In the usual fashion, by the time the bill HR 8581 had gone through five revisions in committees in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, there was little left of Curtis’ original draft. In his hand-written autobiography, Curtis noted having been unhappy with the final version of the Curtis Act.[5] He believed that the Five Civilized Tribes needed to make changes. He thought that the way ahead for Native Americans was through education and use of both their and the majority cultures, but he also had hoped to give more support to Native American transitions.
But did he ever put a sign on the Moon? No.
That’s true but were you ever Vice-President under Hoover? No.
Well I have been “Hoovered” several times, does that count?
It counts as long as you’re the Hooverie and not the Hooverer.
I thought ” been ‘Hoovered’ ” made that plain.