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   From: jpstifel@ifrance.com   
      
   On May 13, 9:18 pm, chatnoir  wrote:   
   > In 1890, Wounded Knee was the site of a brutal massacre. More than 150   
   > men, women, and children of the Lakota tribe were brutally slaughtered   
   > by American soldiers. It has become a sacred place to the Lakota   
   > Sioux; it is an important part of their spiritual heritage. But the   
   > site's private owner is now trying to sell it off to the highest   
   > bidder -- one of whom would build a horse slaughterhouse on the site.   
   >   
   > The U.S. government transferred Wounded Knee to private ownership in   
   > the late 1800s, where it's remained ever since. Its current owner has   
   > owned the plot since 1968. Now, he's looking to sell it off -- and   
   > he's offered it to the Oglala tribe for the cool price of $3.9   
   > million.   
   >   
   > The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, just a few miles from where Wounded   
   > Knee is located, is one of the poorest places in the country. To ask   
   > them to pay millions of dollars for land they should rightly own is   
   > akin to ransom, and to build a horse slaughterhouse there would be   
   > downright unthinkable.   
      
   I am a gay native American. In 2013 we still do not have adequate   
   rights in this country. I would rather see a history themed adult   
   bookstore where native Americans can congregate and watch native   
   American themed gay movies together.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)