The Finale of My Smith College Talk
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The Finale of My Smith College Talk
The conclusion of my 2002 talk at Smith College
Greetings everyone. This is the 11 minutes and 19 seconds final segment of a talk I gave at Smith College in Massachusetts in the 2002. My talk primarily focuses on the doctrine of discovery and domination, and
the Old Testament origins of the anti-Indian system of ideas called “federal Indian law.” My friend Peter d’Errico refers to that system of ideas as Federal Anti-Indian Law in his book by that title that was published by Praeger last Fall (2023). I want to express my appreciation to my friend Tiokasin Ghost Horse for having recorded this talk all those years ago. Wanishi (thank you) Tiokasin. As always, I look forward to any comments.
Thanks gentlemen!
Steve, Wonderful combo of history and research, your anecdote/experience, and the story and words of Tecumseh, the latter two making for a great pep talk. From my perspective of Kaballah, which means "personally-received teaching", telling any people they are a "chosen people" is a massive elitist propaganda campaign because individuals must each do the work (with the wellness of all beings in mind) and then the spirit-beings dole out the teachings i.e. for a mundane example, i'm chosen to gather vegetables, you're chosen to cook, someone else is chosen to do dishes-- and each loves what they do. Also, just an idea... make a CD and/or album for online platforms with this talk and perhaps others of yours, with Tiokasin's flute playing mixed in. Anyway, thanks again for sharing the talk, an excellent reference for gaining simple clarity and prompting actions.