Re: BLOOD MONEY Re: LOL: Colombia Reneges On Promise to Share $2B Shipwreck With American Discoverers

On Jul 9, 1:02 pm, "Rod Speed" <rod.speed....@gmail.com> wrote:
> ultim...@hotmail.com wrote
>
> > Rod Speed <rod.speed....@gmail.com> wrote
> >> balanc...@yahoo.com wrote
> >>> GeorgeWashingtonAdmirer wrote
> >>>> Colombia court decides against U.S. treasure hunters
>
>>>>http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070707/ts_alt_afp/colombiausshipwreck_0...
> >>> If anything it needs to go to the indian tribes who
> >>> were decimated and slaughtered by the millions
> >> Just another of your pathetic little pig ignorant drug crazed fantasys.
> > Oh yeah?
>
> Yep.
>
> >http://www.indio.net/aymaco/slaughter.htm
> >http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id96409671
> > of millions of documents about the massacres.
>
> Pity that not one of those claims MILLIONS, child.


Lets see....

http://home.earthlink.net/~jkdowell/id3.html


Colonization Day

By Steven Newcomb

The day on which the United States pays tribute to Cristobal Colon
(the colonizer) is just around the corner, and I am once again
pondering his legacy. Every time I think of Columbus's (Colon's) life
and the dire and lasting effects of colonization on Indigenous nations
and peoples, I also think of certain Vatican documents that created a
context for his first voyage and subsequent voyages. One key document
that I have written about in the past is the Inter Caetera bull of May
1493. This document called for the "subjugation" of "barbarous
nations" in order to force them to the Catholic faith and Christian
religion.

One important line in the Inter Cetera bull is, "We trust in Him from
whom empires, and governments, and all good things proceed." The
capital "H" on "Him" indicates that this pronoun is referring to the
Catholic deity. The Latin language version of the document reveals
that the English word "governments" is a translation of the Latin word
"dominationes," or dominations. Thus, the document is saying that
"empires," "dominations," and "all good things" proceed
"from" or
emerge out of the Catholic deity.

It is logically impossible for the Vatican and the pope to have said
that empires and dominations ("dominationes") "proceed from" or emerge
from their Catholic deity without also acknowledging the Catholic
deity is a deity of empire and domination, and without acknowledging
that the Vatican is an institution dedicated to the spread and expanse
of empire and domination. Let us not forget that empires and
dominations are rooted in violence, and physical, psychological, and
spiritual abuse.

Empire has been defined as "a dominion, state, or sovereignty that
would expand in population and territory, and increase in strength and
power." The Pope as "the Supreme Head of the Roman Catholic Church,"
is also the "Supreme Head of the Roman Catholic Empire." The Vatican
just doesn't advertise this information. Empire might be good for
business, but it's not a good sales tool.

There is other evidence to support what I'm saying. In the papal bull
dum diversas of 1452, for example, Pope Nicholas V. instructed King
Alfonso of Portugal to "invade, capture, vanquish, and subdue, all
Saracens, pagans, and other enemies of Christ, to put them into
perpetual slavery, and to take away all their possessions and
property." Here's clear evidence of the Vatican's responsibility for
crimes against humanity, with regard to the African slave trade, and
the bloody and genocidal conquest moves against the Indigenous nations
and peoples of the area that would eventually be known as the
Americas. Millions were killed outright, and millions more died of
diseases.

The Vatican documents mentioned above, set Christian Europeans on a
path of colonization and domination, death and destruction, all in the
name of "religious conversion." These church documents helped set the
engine of devastation into motion, and gave it fuel. Now we want the
Vatican to acknowledge the role that it played in the annihilation of
many Indigenous peoples, and the destruction of tremendous amounts of
Indigenous knowledge and wisdom, thereby depriving the world of that
vitally important information.

Do, dom, domo, dominare, dominatio, dominion, domination, dome,
domesticate, are among the concepts that structure the category
empire. The word "domo" is a Latin word that has seven basic meanings:
to subjugate, to subdue, to force into subservience, to tame, to
domesticate, to cultivate, and to till. The word in Latin for
cultivate is colere, which means both "to colonize" and "to design."
When all these activities are carried out, the result is a system of
empire. From the point of view of the goal of empire building, and
empire maintenance, all these various activities are regarded as
positive and highly effective. They are also in keeping with the first
command of Genesis 1:28 in the Bible: "subdue the Earth, and exercise
dominion [domination] over all living things."

Celebrating the life of Columbus (Colon) is to unconsciously celebrate
of a global system of domination that emerged during the so-called Age
of Discovery. It is to obfuscate the true story, and place into a
positive light the terror of the genocidal forces unleashed by the
Vatican documents mentioned above, and by other such documents.

To acknowledge what is presented here as truth, however, is difficult
if not impossible for the dominating society. This is so because this
kind of information reveals the actual character of the dominant
society, instead of allowing that character to be hidden behind a mask
of positive and benign sounding words.

We as contemporary Indigenous peoples are the present day voice
descended from our ancestors. The spirits of our ancestors are with
us. It is time for the age of subjugation to come to a close. It is
time for a much need transition into an age of healing,
revitalization, resurgence, and renewal. Healing can only come about
by means of a healing mind (a medicine mind) and healing activities.
The same is true of revitalization, resurgence, and renewal. This is
natural law.

Speaking of natural laws, I have learned much about the Seven Laws of
the Oceti Sakowin from my friend and colleague Birgil Kills Straight.
These are laws of the Oglala Lakota, and other allied nations of the
Nakota and Dakota. According to Birgil, Indigenous laws are concepts,
values, and principles that open a path of truth, beauty, and
goodness. These are laws to be lived each and every day of our
lives.

These laws teach us to honor and respect all forms of life, and to
have compassion and pity for others. They instruct us to share with
and care for others. The Seven Laws direct us to exhibit patience and
fortitude, as well as humbleness and humility. The laws tell us we
must be courageous and brave, and to demonstrate patience and
fortitude in our lives, while also seeking wisdom and understanding in
our lives. When these laws are lived as a way of life, they result in
Wolakota, or a life of peace and friendship.

When person lives in keeping with these concepts and the activities
that go with them, that person will find peace. The same is true for a
family or extended family, for a community or for a nation. Speaking
of peace, the great Oglala spiritual leader Black Elk once said (as
found in Joseph Epes Brown's book, "The Sacred Pipe."): "The first
peace, which is the most important, is that which comes within the
souls of men when they realize their relationship, their oneness, with
the universe and all its Powers, and when they realize that at the
center of the universe dwell Wakan Tanka, and that this center is
really everywhere, it is within each of us.

The second peace is that which is made between two individuals, and
the third is that which is made between to nations. But above all you
should understand that there can never be peace between nations until
there is first known that true peace which, as I have often said, is
within the souls of men."

Steven Newcomb is Indigenous Law Research Coordinator at Kumeyaay
Community College, co-founder and co-director of the Indigenous Law
Institute, and a columnist for Indian Country Today.

(Adapted from Indigenous News Network)



Indian Country Dictionary:



Commodify (kah MOD if eye) - uncanny ability of Indian women to
convert the ingredients of any standard cookbook recipe to commodity
ingredients such as powdered milk, powdered eggs and canned meat.



Pow-wow-Vow (pow wow vow) - the standard pledge of the pow-wow Romeo:
"Sure, baby, I'll meet you at the next pow-wow. You're the only
jingle-dress dancer for me. Really! Look at this face. Would I lie?"



Moccashoe (Mock ah shoe) - contemporary dance footwear designed by
beading the top of tennis shoes or aquasocks instead of making
moccasins  the old-fashioned way.



Skinship (SKIN-ship) - the eventual relative connection that all
Indian people discover within ten minutes of meeting each other.



Visa-cheese (VEES ah cheez) - mode of exchange in which a block of
commodity cheese can purchase other goods or services.



Indinferior (IN din FEER ee your) - a manifestation of self-
oppression;  the practice of Indians who look down on other Indians
either for not  speaking the language or not being fullblood or not
participating in  ceremonies or not living on the rez or not wearing
braids or not dancing  in pow-wows or not having -- etc., etc., blah-
blah.



BIAilment (BEE EYE ALE ment) - an affliction within the Bureau of
Indian Affairs, characterized by the inability to keep track of
millions  of dollars.



Triballistic (tribal ISS tik) - to become irrational and incoherent
upon hearing the latest self-serving, short-sighted and illogical
decision  made by the local tribal council.



Rezercize (REZ er size) - the involuntary health regime of walking
everywhere on the rez since your ndn car broke down for good.



Fordrum (FORD drum) - the instrument used for singing purposes when a
regular drum is not available; usually the dented hood of a one-eyed
Ford.



Frybreadth (FRY bredth) - a unit of measurement based on the standard
size of a piece of auntie's frybread.



Alter-native (alter NAY TIV) - an individual who was born and raised
in  the non-Indian culture but recently "discovered" a "hidden" Indian
ancestor so now assumes a name such as Laughing Rainbow, White Wolf,
or Dreams of Eagles.



Councilmenopause (cown sil MEN oh paws) - a disorder characterized by
hot flashes, profuse sweating impairment of speech and loss of memory;
normally occurs only to tribal councilmen when cornered by a
constituent.



Disinderstanding (DISS inder stand ing) - when non-Indians think that
they understand why tribes and individual Indians are the way they
are,  but attribute any and all behavior to the overall culture or
the  race.
Recommended reading:

* Rethinking Columbus: Resources for teaching about the impact of
the arrival of Columbus in the Americas.  (Rethinking Schools;
ISBN#0-942961-20-X; about $10.)
* Dangerous Memories: Invasion & Resistance Since 1492. (To order
contact The Chicago Religious Task Force on Central America, phone:
312-663-4398;  ISBN#0-9631026-0-5;  I think I paid about $25)
* Voice of Indigenous Peoples:  Native People Address the United
Nations; includes the United Nations Draft Declaration of Indigenous
Peoples' Rights. (Clear Light Press.  ISBN#0-940666-31-6;  $13)
* Bitter Fruit: The Untold Story of the American Coup in
Guatemala. Schlesinger & Kinzer.  (Doubleday. ISBN#0-385-14861-5.
about $25)
* Harvest of Violence: The Maya Indians and the Guatemalan Crisis.
Ed. Carmack. (OU Press. ISBN#0-8061-2132-7)
* I, Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman in Guatemala. (Verso Pub.
ISBN#0-86091-788-6)
* The Fire This Time:  U.S. War Crimes in the Gulf. Ramsey Clark,
former U.S. Attorney General. (Int'l Action Center.
ISBN#0-9656916-8-3)
* Columbus was Last:  This is an older book (and I can't find my
copy at this time but will update with ISBN and author as soon as I do
find it.  This is a great book that documents historical research over
several centuries pointing to other cultures that explored the
Americas and traded with the indigenous peoples here long before
Columbus.)
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