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The Dark Side of Government Help

This teaching says that public history is often fake and that the past is repeatedly rewritten. He says the community he discusses reached the Southwest from the east roughly two thousand years ago. Officials, he argues, rationalize their actions as service to American citizens, although native people were not counted as citizens. He recalls native governments of their own and calls government a necessary evil. Arrivals, he says, moved onto land others already held and were not merely guarding ground they occupied. He alleges a conflict of interest around the Secretary of the Interior. He claims people lost the ability to rely on themselves and that this older way is no longer taught. He wants a clearer grasp of how to deal with public power. He offers this as an account of citizenship, land, and dependence. The title raises intentional genocide, but the remarks do not show a plan or a death toll.

Key points

  • He says much public history is fake and keeps being rewritten.
  • He says his community entered the Southwest from the east about two thousand years ago.
  • He claims native people were not treated as citizens while officials spoke of serving citizens.
  • He says newcomers took up land that was already occupied.
  • He alleges a conflict of interest around the Interior Department.
  • He claims self reliance faded and is no longer taught.

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history of our people there are a lot of information in that

Navajo Traditional Teachings, The Dark Side of Government Help
Navajo Traditional Teachings, The Dark Side of Government Help

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nations of Native people that's where the Trail of Tears come from for the

Navajo Traditional Teachings, The Dark Side of Government Help
Navajo Traditional Teachings, The Dark Side of Government Help

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way of dealing with the government it's all outlined in the traditional ways

Navajo Traditional Teachings, The Dark Side of Government Help
Navajo Traditional Teachings, The Dark Side of Government Help

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and ignored from history of our people in many cases our people had good

Navajo Traditional Teachings, The Dark Side of Government Help
Navajo Traditional Teachings, The Dark Side of Government Help

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