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By Winona LaDuke

ISBN-10: 193806500X

ISBN-13: 9781938065002

whilst it grew to become public that Osama bin Laden’s demise used to be introduced with the word “Geronimo, EKIA!” many local humans, together with Geronimo’s descendants, have been insulted to find that the identify of a local patriot was once used as a code identify for a world-class terrorist. Geronimo descendant Harlyn Geronimo defined, “Obviously to equate Geronimo with Osama bin weighted down is an unpardonable slander of local the United States and its most renowned leader.” The Militarization of Indian state illuminates the old context of those adverse stereotypes, the lengthy political and monetary courting among the army and local the US, and the environmental and social results. This ebook addresses the influence that the U.S. army has had on local peoples, lands, and cultures. From using local names to the outright poisoning of local peoples for trying out, the U.S. military’s exploitation of Indian kingdom is exceptional and ongoing.

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Despite the global recession of 2008, the United States actually increased arms sales internationally. ”37 Increasing worldwide poverty appears to correspond to an upsurge in the purchase of weapons, and therefore, increased killing and death, all of which benefits the US military economy. A PERFECT STORM: A NAVAJO CASE STUDY The Navajo Nation had a high rate of enlistment in the military during World War II, but also a higher level of rejection for military service, largely because many of the Navajo men only spoke their own language.

29 The intense mental anguish of PTSD contributes to high rates of suicide among veterans. ”30 My father was a Grunt in Vietnam, my great uncle Calvin survived the first wave of the invasion at Normandy beach, My Grandfather survived his stint as a forward observer in Korea. Crazy Horse survived the wave of attacks from the government to steal the land. . The Native American soldier when confronted with the Viet Cong would actually be looking into more of a mirror than if the Native was looking at a fellow United States Soldier.

You have to gain a lot of trust with these individuals before you hear their stories. They have had to live through and see things that don’t line up with any society, yet they had to perform these tasks without emotion or a thought of how they will live with it the rest of their lives. Does this determine the rest of their lives? In some instances it does, this is where it becomes an individual again, a choice if you will. How much trauma does one person endure and live? That question is hard to answer.

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