{"id":84895,"date":"2023-04-26T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=84895"},"modified":"2023-04-26T10:42:05","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T15:42:05","slug":"the-usual-suspects-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=84895","title":{"rendered":"The Usual Suspects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It’s become a fad among “progressive” circles to “acknowledge”, at the beginning of a meeting or gathering, that the meeting is “occurring on land stolen from…” the various tribes indigenous to Minnesota. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The meeting, run almost invariably run by plush-bottom laptop-class academic\/non-profit\/government complex yoohoos, then continues with no land, dignity or status returned to the tribes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I strongly suspect this bit of theatrical institutional rending of theatrical garments is more of the same: the U of M is “acknowledging” its theft from the tribes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sort of<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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DAN KRAKER: The TRUTH report released today delves into the details of how the university profited off of Native land and people. It concludes that the U’s founding board of regents, quote, “committed genocide and ethnic cleansing of Indigenous peoples for financial gain.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And it shows how millions of in revenue derived from timber, minerals, and other resources from Native land were invested in municipalities around the state, but not in tribal communities. Shannon Geshick is executive director of the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council. She says it’s the first report in which a major university critically examines its history with Native people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SHANNON GESHICK: One part of me is really appreciative of the– I guess– courage of the university. But also the other part of me is like, it’s time. It’s important that other voices are heard, not only the dominant voice. The TRUTH project kind of just rips that open and really reveals a narrative I think that a lot of people just don’t know.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

And what will this lead to (emphasis added)?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In recent years, the University has committed to acknowledging the past and doing the necessary work to begin rebuilding and strengthening relationships with tribal nations and Native people. Openly receiving this report is another step toward honoring that commitment. While documenting the past, the TRUTH report also provides guidance as to how the University can solidify lasting relationships with tribes and Indigenous peoples built on respect, open communication, and action<\/strong>. As we engage in the important discussions that will now follow, that guidance will be invaluable.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Translation to English: Expect more lip service – and, of course, more taxpayer money transferred to the academic\/non-profit\/government complex, “Native Division”. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s become a fad among “progressive” circles to “acknowledge”, at the beginning of a meeting or gathering, that the meeting is “occurring on land stolen from…” the various tribes indigenous to Minnesota. The meeting, run almost invariably run by plush-bottom laptop-class academic\/non-profit\/government complex yoohoos, then continues with no land, dignity or status returned to the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history-and-its-making","category-pc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=84895"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85016,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84895\/revisions\/85016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}