Heartbreaking
I am an Irish man who knows very little about the First Nation except, through westerns as a child, and snippets of information garnered through adulthood into old age, which have changed the narritave.
This documovie broke my heart.
Human beings, if that's what we still wish to call ourselves, definitely have the knowledge, and the wherewithall, to destroy ourselves, along with what is around us. And for what?
I looked at the figures and calculated that, as of 1492 America was fully populated with 80m First Nation. I would guess that Europe had quiet less than that. This equates to 25% of current American population.
As of the time this movie was made pre-pandemic, the figures showed that 90% of the First Nation were eridicated. This drastically reduces the population to 2.5%.
The saddest part is, from my perspective, this is the longest CURRENT genocide/holocaust in any memory. The worst part? It now has very little external cause. Most of it is now internal.
I could have watched and said nothing. My conscience said otherwise. Only a few years ago, I found out that a First Nation tribe, sent money, food and blankets to my country, during our Famine, a country they knew nothing about. I know little about the First Nation however, what I can do is stand by them, and abhor what was done to them over the past 500 years.
I wish you well, all of you.
This documovie broke my heart.
Human beings, if that's what we still wish to call ourselves, definitely have the knowledge, and the wherewithall, to destroy ourselves, along with what is around us. And for what?
I looked at the figures and calculated that, as of 1492 America was fully populated with 80m First Nation. I would guess that Europe had quiet less than that. This equates to 25% of current American population.
As of the time this movie was made pre-pandemic, the figures showed that 90% of the First Nation were eridicated. This drastically reduces the population to 2.5%.
The saddest part is, from my perspective, this is the longest CURRENT genocide/holocaust in any memory. The worst part? It now has very little external cause. Most of it is now internal.
I could have watched and said nothing. My conscience said otherwise. Only a few years ago, I found out that a First Nation tribe, sent money, food and blankets to my country, during our Famine, a country they knew nothing about. I know little about the First Nation however, what I can do is stand by them, and abhor what was done to them over the past 500 years.
I wish you well, all of you.
- dcarroll74
- 22 juin 2022