Dear Ed,
Thanks for your email.
Among the Iroquois, there was little warfare (with one notable exception), although while writing this letter I've been disappoionted to learn that highly-ritualized torture was commonplace when members of other tribes fell captive to the Iroquois.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
In particular, the practice of "scalping" has a long, gruesome history.
Although many tribes practiced scalping long before Europeans arrived, what I find most remarkable is that colonial administrators normalized the practice of putting bounties on native American scalps (often with different "prices" for men, women and children) a practice which almost certainly resulted in more scalping by whites than by Indians. https://en.wikipedia.
Of course, if "you" were an Indian and wanted to dissuade people who were stealing all your land, it is understandable that they would have considered this gruesome practice more likely to convince would-be settlers to stay back east.
Finally...
I've probably recommended "Wind River" to you before.
It's a 2017 movie which friend Chuck and I thought should have won Best Movie Oscar.
It was filmed on Wyoming's Wind River reservation and features a number of native American actors and actresses who give very solid performances. https://en.
Just now, scouting out the Wikipedia entry for "Wind River," I learned that "Wind River" writer Taylor Sheridan also penned the fine 2016 movie, "Hell Or High Water."
"Hell Or High Water" is currently streaming on Netflix.
If only to watch "The Dude" (Jeff Bridges) interact with his native American sidekick, this movie can't help but entertain you.
"The American Film Institute selected "Hell Or High Water" as one of its ten Movies of the Year,[4] and it was nominated for numerous awards, including four Oscar nominations at the 89th Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Bridges), Best Original Screenplay and Best Film Editing.[5] It also received Golden Globe nominations for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor for Bridges and Best Screenplay.[6]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Paz contigo,
Alan
Notably, when the Tuscarora (originally from my current North Carolina stomping ground) wound up on the wrong side of The French and Indian Wars, most of the nearby NC tribes treated them like dirt so they sent an emissary to the Iroquois Federation and that "league" of 5 tribes not only welcomed them as a sixth "member state" but gave them a new homeland in central New York.
It is hard to talk about native American violence since part of our national myth is that Indians are "noble savages" living in peace and harmony with their environment - human, floral and faunal.
But violence - perhaps most notably, sexual violence - is a serious issue among contemporary native peoples (as it is in all human societies).
There are also revealing questions to be asked about European colonizers who embodied their own egregious bloodlust and sexual monstrosity.
Snopes: "Did Christopher Columbus Seize, Sell, and Export Sex Slaves?"
Although many tribes practiced scalping long before Europeans arrived, what I find most remarkable is that colonial administrators normalized the practice of putting bounties on native American scalps (often with different "prices" for men, women and children) a practice which almost certainly resulted in more scalping by whites than by Indians. https://en.wikipedia.
Of course, if "you" were an Indian and wanted to dissuade people who were stealing all your land, it is understandable that they would have considered this gruesome practice more likely to convince would-be settlers to stay back east.
I've probably recommended "Wind River" to you before.
It's a 2017 movie which friend Chuck and I thought should have won Best Movie Oscar.
It was filmed on Wyoming's Wind River reservation and features a number of native American actors and actresses who give very solid performances. https://en.
Just now, scouting out the Wikipedia entry for "Wind River," I learned that "Wind River" writer Taylor Sheridan also penned the fine 2016 movie, "Hell Or High Water."
"Hell Or High Water" is currently streaming on Netflix.
If only to watch "The Dude" (Jeff Bridges) interact with his native American sidekick, this movie can't help but entertain you.
"The American Film Institute selected "Hell Or High Water" as one of its ten Movies of the Year,[4] and it was nominated for numerous awards, including four Oscar nominations at the 89th Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Bridges), Best Original Screenplay and Best Film Editing.[5] It also received Golden Globe nominations for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor for Bridges and Best Screenplay.[6]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Paz contigo,
Alan
On Tue, Nov 5, 2019 at 5:24 PM EM wrote:
Yup, yup ... tribes fought each other tooth ‘n’ nail before Europeans arrived, and still at it 🤪Sent from my iPhoneOn Nov 5, 2019, at 12:23 PM, Alan Archibald <alanarchibaldo@gmail.com> wrote:
Snoqualmie Tribe Reclaims Sacred Land Around Iconic Waterfall With $125M Purchase
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