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I wanted to devour this woman's dignity. Congratulations for what exactly? For having a family who made it through genocide? For being part of the slim population of surviving Native Americans post-colonization? An anger simmered in my throat, begging to be let loose on this stupid woman who was there to simply enjoy her vacation. How dare she remain blissfully unaware of the modern existence of Native Americans when all she had seen were movies making us look like history? As mad as I was, I kn
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― Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity
― Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity
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No one wanted to use the word 'murder' then, using instead words more apt to talking about a pest problem than a human race. Even today the United States still has not officially recognized genocide in its history.
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― Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity
― Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity
