DoomsdaysCW<p>Happy <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmericanHeritageMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NativeAmericanHeritageMonth</span></a> From the Army That Brought You the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrailOfTears" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrailOfTears</span></a></p><p>After 170 years of armed attacks, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ForcedRelocations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForcedRelocations</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EthnicCleansing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EthnicCleansing</span></a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genocide</span></a> of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmericans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NativeAmericans</span></a>, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USMilitary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USMilitary</span></a> wants to celebrate. </p><p>by Nick Turse<br>November 28 2024,</p><p>"'The Army was, bottom line, an instrument of a settler colonial empire that was determined to convert Native lands into private property for mostly white settlers,' said Jeffrey Ostler, professor of history emeritus at the University of Oregon and author of 'Surviving Genocide: Native Nations and the United States From the American Revolution to Bleeding Kansas.' 'That was its mission: to carry out a federal government policy that, in practice, often became a genocidal war.'" </p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://theintercept.com/2024/11/28/army-native-american-heritage-month/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theintercept.com/2024/11/28/ar</span><span class="invisible">my-native-american-heritage-month/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SettlerColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SettlerColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Colonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USArmy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USArmy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandBack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LandBack</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WoundedKnee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WoundedKnee</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndianWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndianWars</span></a></p>