How History Has Gone In a Complete Circle From our Native American Indian to Present of Discriminating Against People of a Lesser Class

by Debra129 in Democracy where has it gone http://strangerinapicture.us/

While in our history books it fails to mention our Native American Indian who was the 1^st true settlers on American soil going as far back to the 1100 in our northern states as we know of them in today’s history.

The Mohawks of Kahnawake are an ancient people with a vibrant culture and rich history. They are one of the eight communities that make up the Mohawk Nation and have historic, political and cultural ties based on Honor, Trust and Respect to the Oneida, Seneca, Onondaga, Cayuga and Tuscarora Nations of the Northeastern part of North America.

In ancient times, these nations achieved a major and innovative development by forming a Confederacy and devising a system of governance known as the Great Law of Peace. In all of the world’s history, there are very few examples of such a coming together of nations for the purpose of peace; the formation of the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) Confederacy is one of them. Which also conclude parts of our Constitution as we know it today from our founding fathers, the laws of the American Indian played a large role in our earlier foundation of what laws should be based on for humanity equality fairness for the people in our part of the nation as know it to be the United States of American.

Many significant moments that marks our history. During the 17th and 18th centuries, when the British and French were establishing themselves and fighting each other for control of North America, the Kanien’keha’ka found themselves wedged between these two colonial rivals. Their traditional territory was situated between the fur trading posts established at Quebec City by the French and at Albany by the British.

While some would have you believe that Christopher Columbus was the 1^st person who discovered our country that we so proudly call the USA, when in fact there is much controversy about this many would say the American Indians were the ones who greeted Columbus in the new world, and some would have you believe it was Leif Erickson who founded this land before all.

Whether who was 1^st isn’t the issue here since the people with power made sure that our American Indians suffered dearly, wrapping them in blankets infested with small pox a massacre killing off thousands. Also during this time a battle took place in 1760 on Chimney Island (modern day Town of Lisbon, NY) in the St Lawrence River. As the French prevented the American Indian from using land to gather their food source forcing them to use the river knowing they couldn’t carry much goods in a small boat.

Even today our 1^st settlers fight for their rights as Americans born on our soil, fighting in our wars defending this country but not given the rights as the Americans they are to vote. This to me is discrimination against any American born citizen knowing they’d have all rights as any other American should, but according to our wealth who rules this country they’d have to give up their rights of their heritage being the Native American 1^st on our soil before all others.

Now going forward to our mid 50’s to late 60’s with the fight for civil rights with people of color how they were also discriminated against having no right to vote or be in the same places of a wealthy white person or even to drink out of the same fountain. Thrown to the back of a bus, always harassed by others blamed for crimes they haven’t committed because they were of a lesser class some would have you believe.

During all our wars the black man and the Indian were always on the front lines they were expendable for they weren’t of use to our society to many of people in power, or so they’d have others believe. Even today in our military with now the LGBT movement our soldiers our discriminated against by some of our political parties booing them at primaries of debates when here they are defending our country.

While some would think that other in our political field would say these soldiers are once again expendable on the front lines for they aren’t as same as what they’d describe as the norm in society of the wealth class they would prefer in our country.

Now here we are full circle with the discrimination against the people of not only color, the American Indian our seniors the middle class the poor with their rights to vote being challenged in most every red state on the map. The women rights being once again Roe VS Wade challenged in every red state, our civil rights in every red state are now all being challenged. No matter your color your nationality it seems now if your not of wealth you will be discriminated upon, taken back to a place which one might call hell a fury of fire left to burn to ashes.

It’s as if we have no voice or right to be in any community with a safety net were being taken back to a time of where slavery was the practice and most practical for the people of poverty to live. Some would say at least being a slave you’d have a roof over your head with bread water to keep your belly full.

Is this the cycle we want to see in our history for us or our next generation to come we’ve done a complete circle reversed backward taken away the rights of every person’s without wealth.

As we now are in talk of the G8 Summit President Obama emphasizes growth over austerity knowing this is the only way to a real recovery to our global community our own survival in our country as FDR would agree with as back in his Presidency he faced a server depression that our country rebounded from because of the remarkable tactics of diplomacy and his wise economic strategy.

We all know humanity fairness equality our dignity is our strength in moving forward to a better world of peace without wars in our future.