New Ken Burns Documentary Looks At History Of Sand Creek Massacre
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- Опубліковано 8 лис 2024
- In 2007, the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site became the only National Park Service unit to use 'massacre' in its name. Director Ken Burns joins Morning Joe to discuss the new documentary on the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864.
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New Ken Burns Documentary Looks At History Of Sand Creek Massacre
When we have people like Ken Burns who tells the stories that need to be told, I have hope. Thank you Mr. Burns.
@ 3:16…”No one is diminished by having a complicated past…” the beginning of some very wise and thoughtful words by Mr. Burns
This conversation means everything.
Authentic history being told/taught is the only way to grow together.
A must read:
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
by
David Grann
Ken Burns an American hero.Absolutely correct, we must not disregard facts when it comes to our American history.
This bumps right up against the notion of "critical race theory" and how misnamed and misunderstood this label is. I don't know about anybody else, but I never learned about the Tulsa Massacre until UA-cam came around, and I'm 68 years old. The notion that we are "teaching our kids to hate themselves and their country" by teaching them about the things we've done wrong sounds more like Communism than anything the right is levelling against the "woke" left. Stalin erased entire histories of people and events. Are we the same? I hope there are a lot of people like you, Suzi.
@@chesterwilberforce9832
Just remember, people who complain about “woke” prefer their brain to be asleep to reality. They lack the courage to face it.
We have not nor will not change, hundreds of years of basically the same attitudes, prejudice, greed and malice. We need to know the truth about ourselves, much thanks to Ken Burns for his work shedding light on who we really are.
This is the opposite end that we also cannot be...where we just claim that everyone has been horrible and always will be and that it's impossible for national character to change over time through various struggles. We HAVE changed, in many ways. We have not in others. We are not perfect...in some areas we are far far further from perfect than others. We still do not have a perfect union that provides even a semblance of equal opportunity nor equality under the law.
To just state that America will never change is defeatist, hyperbolic, and really would be impossible even if we all decided being conservative was the right way to go and so chose to thwart all progress and change. Claiming we'll never change and haven't gives energy to those who would like for us to regress away from change we have made. Nobody said the job was complete.
@@blakebrown534 Even if you sprinkle sugar on s*** it's still s***. Long as there's a dollar involved it's going to be the same old same old business as usual. For America to truly change would mean a lot of people would have to give up power and money and that will never happen so I get her point.
@blakebrown534 American has changed, but only on the terms of the victor according to the ethos of "Manifest Destity." Where Indians and Africans are held aloft as hollow vestiges and footnotes in the pursuit of what former President Woodrow Wilson called, "New Jerusalem." And White American exceptionalism remains the construct for which we discuss what it means to be an American. And the continuance of propagating this unfettered American mythology as fact to this day, illustrates we haven't changed as much as you'd like to think.
For if America HAD truly repented and reconciled its blood-thirsty past, American History would reflect the good, bad and demonic actions for history to judge. To recognize putting up a statue of MLK and reciting 14 words from his 1,651 word 'I Have a Dream' speech, or to name states, cities and streets after native Americans *does not mean all is forgiven and the debt of the past paid.*
As the old saying goes, _"YOU might be done with the past, but the past isn't done with YOU."_
History is so important and Mr. Burns is one of the best historian to tell the story of America's past. The only way to change is to see ourselves for who we have been.. Our children must not be allowed to be ignorant or they shall repeat the past. We must ask forgiveness and continue to strive for a more perfect union.
@Bertha Bridges your only mistake is that Ken is a documentary filmmaker. He hires historians for his film research and productions. But you're right is great at what he does. His voice is always calm even when you can see the urgency on his face.
Look at our current textbooks for US history. They gloss over so much of the sad and sorry episodes of our past. There are people who would do anything to keep it that way.( Right now,I’m looking at you Texas.) Just look at the tiny chapters on the Viet Nam war. It’s glossed over. No mention of the My Lai massacre at all. That story was one of the turning points in Viet Nam becoming an unpopular war. States like Texas want to only teach the exceptional parts of history and turn out little Patriots. It’s the wrong way to enlighten our citizens. Like any relationship, you have to deal with both the good and the bad. If you try to sweep the bad under the rug the first wind of truth will make a huge dirty mess. That’s where we as a nation stand at this time.
@@jerrywatson1958 Thank You, Jerry. Ken does such a seamless job of storytelling and presenting the facts in a non threatening way and accurately that I assumed he was a historian. He's a treasure and I appreciate his work. What a difference his documentary filmmaking makes in all of our lives. Blessings 🕊
I’m so glad we have legitimate historians like Ken Burns. Facts facts facts. Thank you!
*Without acknowledging our nation's good and bad moments, our history becomes nothing more than PR. We learn more from our mistakes than we do from our successes. And owning up to our falabilities makes us better and wiser human beings.*
You are so right! I go on to replace PR with propaganda.
@@RC6790 ... PR and propaganda... two sides of the same coin.
@@vonsuthoff
PR is what you do, propaganda is what people you don't like do :-)
@@madshorn5826 ... I've run a successful Media, Marketing & Public Relations firm for 34 years. "ANYONE" can utilize propaganda and public relations.
Propaganda has more of a negative connotation to it, because it is usually used to "sell" an idea or a candidate.
Public Relations comes into play when a corporation (for example) desires a better image with the public.
Both... are used to shape Public perception and/or to change minds.
@@vonsuthoff
That's what I said :-)
PR and propaganda are two names for the same concept.
What word people choose is down to whether they like the message or not.
I recommend that Ken Burns Videos are taught in the schools.
I second that
This will be classified by right wingers as critical race theory
@@paysour3 They have to get over it, March on and help voters vote for the better for all of us.
As an Irish person, the conversations we had in history class, you know many of us would have family in England or up north, these important conversations with young people about our past , understanding with empathy why things shouldn't be repeated
So many Irish did so much for the country as well as were also treated like many immigrants. They were massacred, segregated, marginalized, and finally accepted. This is the immigrants story, no matter what color, religion or culture. Unfortunately, the acceptance of people of color is taking longer
@@Ana-bn9tw That's because the descendants of Africans were never treated as immigrants nor in reality were they. A slave is not an immigrant, not even an indentured one, a slave is a slave and chattel slavery was especially bad
For one thing, it required the dehumanization of the entire race and the creation of the mythology that melanin pigmentation is somehow relevant to character or ability. Race is the child of racism
@@ozzyphil74 this, unfortunately, is not relegated to one race or group of people. Latin America has had it's share and through the guise of economic disadvantages, this practice of a new form of slavery continues. The caste system in India is another form of slavery where people of little or no means are subject to anyone who wants to abuse them in the streets. This is still happening now. The history in the USA is and will continue to evolve for the better even if some days it feels like we take a few steps back. We have that hope. Latin America and India don't necessarily have the same hope
@@ozzyphil74 yes, exactly. In Latin America, the lighter your skin, then you can climb up faster. The darker you are the poorer you are overall. Sad that as humans, we are so easily swayed
I read about the Sand Creek Massacre in Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee when I was 19. It was an epiphany that flipped my world view for the rest of my life.
That book changed my life. I appreciate you mentioning it.
We had to read that book in Jr. High School in LA County Unified School System. I was 7 years old the 1st time I saw Cherokee Americans on my grandmother's land in Oxford MS. I met my father's biological mother during that visit and she was absolutely beautiful. The entire trip from Los Angeles to Oxford MS was truly a life altering experience for me.
A major awakening for me as well, I think it was 1973 when I read it. Opened my eyes, my mind, and definitely my heart.
Fabulous work Mr. Burns.
I love watching Mr Burns works. He shows what our history has played out.
”No one is diminished by having a complicated past…”
Those are my people, Sioux fought for a long time after others surrendered. We should never forget our dark history, even if republicans are afraid to admit it.
Thank you Ken Burns for remembering this massacre, and more people should know Lincoln executed 3 dozen Sioux the same week he released the slaves...
@Terry Harker there's a highway outside for you to walk on
@Terry Harker Work on your sentence structure comrade.
@Terry Harker It's Corporations that want to move everything to China. And Yes, they own a lot of Democrat Politicians. But they own EVERY Republican, so I'm bewildered why you're only blaming one side.
@Terry Harker It's kind of incredible you have no idea that practically no Democrats are in favour of Open Borders. Yet Trump & his Republican buddies kept repeating that lie so often, that not only voters in the US heard them, so did the thousands of people Trump had penned up in Refugee camps South of the Border. So now they're trying to cross. Which is exactly what the Republicans want. It keeps people like you scared so you vote for them. Their chances of Citizenship are probably the same as they were when Trump was in office.
China doesn't own your Government, Huge Corporations do. American taxpayers didn't care if Trade Deals were made with China, but Corporations wanted both their cheap manufacturing & access to their growing middle class, which will be close to the size of Americas in a decade. You're a fool if you believe those Trade Deals would have been any different no matter which Party was in power when they happened.
There are no 'Reds Under the Bed', you don't have to worry about the Government seizing power of Corporations. You need to worry about the Corporations that control your Government.
But you go ahead & stay in your little Faux news, right wing bubble. The complicated Truth of things just seems to stress you out.
@Terry Harker the democrats don't have full control, a cursory understanding of government would be a good start for you.
THANK YOU, KEN BURNS! AGAIN!
History is sort of my hobby and I can't believe how little the average person knows or even cares about their own history.
I have friends, some are natives, and they're surprised to learn that there was a massacre not 60 mi. away in 1763, or that it was part of Pontiac's Rebellion.
Wait...Pontiac, wasn't that a car?
Because so much is being lost, forgotten or even rewritten I feel that America owes much of its legacy to Mr. Burns.
It's a challenge to find teachers who are charismatic enough to engage students to learn social studies or history.
I’m in Utah and it took years for the LDS church to even semi acknowledge their role in the Mountain man massacre
It is just easier to wave a large Chinese made American flag from WalMart rather than reading our history.
Imagine being a holocaust survivor living in Texas, and having some nut offer an "alternative explanation" for those events right after you talk about what happened to you...
Texas thrives on alternative explanations
Get the "Texas History Movies " book
What is not mentioned in Greg Abbot's Texas is that the reason the Texians wanted to separate from Mexico, was the 1820-24 Mexican constitution ,outlawed slavery. oops , kind of problem there. It was their major point of contention.
@@marymartin4266 And who denies that, that the battle was lost?
@@whazzat8015 Another major point of contention was the fact that Mexico said everyone had to be converted to the Vatican faith.
@@jakeroberts7435 Wasn't a part of the constitution
I LOVE Ken Burns! THANK YOU for the wonderful documentaries, I learn so much from your life's works. You are a national treasure! Hugs and blessings.
I love Ken Burns!
This happened also in Australia, Canada, Africa, South America, Hawaii and New Zealand ect.
It's really a human thing. It's just that the US promoted itself as the Beacon of Democracy and Freedom. Now we want to hold them to theirs promises.
Exactly ,all these things happened wherever humans lived.Every corner of the world.
It's pretty obvious that all these "treaties" were signed with the implicit understanding that at some future point they would be violated when it suited the governments.
And it's part of grade school and high school curriculums in those countries
We are all scatterlings of Africa, and we've been killing and forming clans since we evolved from pre-hominids. Our "reasoning" only serves to make us better at excluding and de-humanizing. A dark view, I'll give you, but history will back this up.
Ken Burns is a Legend!!! History is important, good or bad.
Yes, I agree. The time has come to start reconciliation with history that deserves addressing. There is nothing more strengthening the apologies, forgiveness and ultimately reconciliation to go forward as a stronger family.
A president should be a historian above all things
Well - actually no, but he should know history well enough to avoid making the same mistakes.
Agreed! Knowing both American and world history are highly beneficial, and perhaps a must for a good president these days!
@@vonsuthoff very beneficial, but other skills are also needed.
@@ladagol ... Absolutely. It would help greatly if our leader had successful experience at running a corporation! This is how our country is structured. Trump has been a sole proprietor all his adult life, which is completely opposite of our government.
@@vonsuthoff family businesses are autocracies not democracies.
I'm starting to really appreciate Ken Burns.
Have always appreciated him. His integrity, commitment to the truth, bravery, steadfastness ... and talents.
He represents the best of America. This, from an immigrant.
Gore Vidal had a suggestion to start history in the first grade so that by the time of high school graduation, the student has an overview.
...it is from our failures that we learn to make better decisions. We fail to acknowledge our failures & mistakes time and time again that suppresses our growth. This results in making the same mistakes again and again.
I’m not American but I’m really glad to see this. I’ve read a lot about the history of the USA and it’s not all wonderful. In fact there were many cases like this. The country needs to face the facts and learn and do better
Ken Burns is our historical memory. Thank you
We have Auschwitz,Mauthausen,BergenBelsen etc .You have Sandy Creek, Wounded Knee,
the "march of tears" and Guantanamo.Not to mention the slave age.
We all carry a heavy burden of shame.
When will people ever learn?
Ken Burns is an amazing film maker and a great treasure. I think the importance of balance and nuance in history is something that is critical not just for Americans, but for everyone. As a Canadian, I'm proud of much in my own nation, but I am aware that there is much that is unpleasant as well. Greatness demands facing the dark chapters, as well as the bright ones. This is an object lesson for the entire world.
More of these parts of history need to be brought to light. Continue the good work, it's so important. Worthy of a Pulitzer
Texas and everyone needs to hear these words. This is the answer.
Ken Burns is a national treasure.
All I can say is thank you for doing that
Learning from past injustices makes us enlightened and compassionate human beings.
i have been constantly amazed and deeply disappointed too throughout my life to find out about significant people who have done truly great things which i discover for the first time ever by reading about them in their obituaries.
Uh oh ... Greg Abbott is writing an executive order to ban this from being shown in Tejas as we speak.
It would not surprise me one bit.
You can not be proud, if you can not admit your crimes, or mistakes, or if you do not seek to reconcile with those you have hurt. And if you do not admit those crimes or mistakes, they will eat away at your soul, all the rest of your life. America will never be "Great", until it seeks forgiveness & reconciles with all the peoples it has abused and damaged, throughout its history.
Applause
When we refuse to acknowledge the acts of our ancestors due to ignorance and fear, we demean ourselves and those whose lives were forever changed by the colonisation of land populated for thousands of years by another culture. Are we so pathetic and cowardly?
Don't forget GREED. Ignorance, fear and GREED.
From our earliest settlements and Westward expansion all the way up through the industrial revolution and modern digital age, it's pretty amazing to think about all we've accomplished in our short history. It must have been quite scary to travel into the unknown to settle, explore and forge this country into what it is today. I give thanks to all who made that journey and contributed.
@Kirk Amis I mean we as in America. Read my last line. It's pretty clear.
@Kirk Amis I was with you until you got to his 'lack of melanin'. Not only is that one of the more disgusting racist references I've heard, that isn't something he had anything to do with EITHER. So you basically have made a point, just to then hypocrite yourself all over it, managing to stupidly insert a racial slur that was as intentional, as any misspeaking by the person you are replying to... was unintentional.
@Kirk Amis I bet you're fun at parties
>>>The truth is that the U.S. Constitution is modeled in both principle and form on the Great Law of Peace of the Native American nation known as the Iroquois.
This is absolutely, unequivocally historical fact.
In 1987, the United States Senate acknowledged that the Great Law of Peace of the Iroquois Nations served as a model for the Constitution of the United States. (U.S. S. Con. Res. 76, 2 Dec. 1987).
And since the U.S. Constitution was a model for the charter of the United Nations, the Iroquois Great Law of Peace is also a basis of international law.
When the Founding Fathers looked for examples of effective government and human liberty upon which to model a Constitution to unite the thirteen colonies, they found it in the government of the Iroquois Nation.>>>
Slavery and genocide
Are we ever going to hear about the massacre in our borders in the late 1800s? There were several
It all started in 1620 at Plymouth and we still cannot admit it , sad .
Oh God! Another multi-award winning film from the master! IMO his three best are, The Civil War, The Roosevelt's, The Dust Bowl. To be honest all his films are award winning. Watch the Statue of Liberty it will make you cry how far we have fallen.
Switch out The Dust Bowl with Baseball.
@@nunyabidness1852 That was good too. Just too many great ones to sit at the top. But each one does, spend their time on top as they are released. As I sit here and think about it. IMO, Ken Burns is God's blessing to US all. His story telling has to be God inspired. It's just that good.
A lot of Americans have forgotten what a TRUE Patriot really is and too often the word is misused today.
A significant segment of our society has hijacked the word "patriot" - they use it with a knowing wink and nod to white supremacy. 🤷♂️
The Tea party started this. A complete highjacking of the word. When I was a kid, a "patriot" was someone who loved their country and supported a strong central government.. No more.
I am so grateful we are, in reality, not limited to our binary governmental--that I am permitted to register as "No Party" to vote as I choose. Thank you for offering up an opportunity to embrace a more expansive worldview. And for offering proof that admitting we can correct and improve our country because we love it.
Just teach the truth . That is what is needed. The truth will set you free .
I don't understand people that are afraid to discuss America's horrible history. That is the only way to grow and not repeat history like we are currently doing.
Ken Burns--a legend in your own lifetime. You are an inspiration. Wado (Thank you)!
KEN BURNS IS SUCH A NATIONAL TREASURE. HE SURE IS OUR MOST HONEST HISTORIAN SHOWING OUR COUNTRY, THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY OF OUR COUNTRYMEN. LOVE KEN BURNS!!! Susan
Ken is so decent and is trying to make us better. All individuals and countries have been mistakes along the way. However, if you aren't willing to at least improve and reflect from your mistakes then you and/or affiliations will be replaced by someone/something willing to self reflect and improve.
Crossing the Danger Water is an EXTRAORDINARY anthology of African American history.
Ken your a historian we all need to aim for. Baseball, War people and now this is beautiful in its account.
Ken Is an American Patriot
Thank you Ken Burns❤️
Excellent to see…
Thank Ken Burns!!
We are supposed the study history to understand both things done well as well as mistakes, so we can learn what mistakes not to make again.
Learn from history , if you edit the truth , you can only study , ground down stumps , axe grinding , by ommission.
Trump would fail a high school History test for a ged
Then he'd claim the test was rigged.
After he claimed he was the the most amazing historian of all time, but Trump failed history and obviously his daddy paid for his diploma.
Wounded Knee was a massacre also.
How great are we to recognize the death and destruction that we never reconciled with.🤔🤔🤔
In the 50s, there was a t.v. show called " You Are There". They did the trial of Cool. Chivinton and the massacre at Sand Creek. It was called a Massacre because it was. I think it was two young soldiers who reported the slaughter of mostly women, kids and tribal elders. We all deserve the truth about our country. To know we are getting better. We have to be better for all.i meant Col. Chivington. Not cool. I'd forgotten he'd resigned, I'd remembered from the show he'd had a Court Martial. Guess I'll get out my copy of " Buary my Heart at Wounded Knee". I've watched Ken Burns documentary at least twice. P.B.S. replyays them.. I can barely wait for this one.
Live as brothers OR die as fools!
Choose wisely everyone 🙏
Excellent work
In other words, patriotism means to admit there were horrible things done to people in our country's past. And citizens of the country did them.
Yes. Not one country on this Earth is exempt . We have to remember who writes the history books. We can learn from the past / not change it.
Here we have logic and honesty...
Yes , but for how long ?
Darkest day in Colorado History.
Thats it! "There is only us, there is no them."
Good for Ken!
Authentic documentation of history can be like turning over a rock. We want to acknowledge our true history. We, as immigrants, were attracted to the US by the offers of cheap land. Never mind that there are people living on it who have been there for thousands of years and are still there now. Keep it up, Mr. Burns.
I wonder if he'll have a documentary on the upcoming massacre of November 8, 2022.
That would be a riveting expose of historical proportions!
A documentary about a midterm election? 🥱🥱😴😴 No thank you.
This is our American story, it's not all goodness and light. We have our dark sides and parts we would like to forget or even admit. This our history and we must remember it, all of it, or we run thr risk of loosing who we are, how far we've come, and how far we need to go. Yes we have changed and must continue to change in order to save ourselves, our principles and our country. To know who you are, you must know where you have come from, and where you need to go.
Amen! Trail of tears!
We need one for the Devils Punch bowl. & Mary Turner. These 2 events most of the locals are not even aware of these violent happenings.
Lewisburg, TN still have several unnamed lynching victims.
Only by acknowledging the past can our country move forward. Not knowing our true history builds a false foundation and dooms our moving forward.
"Shevington was not accountable" so says Ken Burns. Nothing changes!
How can you even say that, "nothing changes". What an Idiodic statement.
Sorry about that, l can understand your point on people not being held accountable. But Chivington was later in his life, held accountable for Sand Creek but not the way he should have been.
For those interested, a very interesting read is "Blood Done Sign My Name," by Timothy Tyson. It's a local history set in North Carolina.
You shouldn't be personally shamed by our collective past unless you do nothing to fix it going forward.
God bless you Ken Burns.
"We can't teach kids what really happened in our country! If we do, our white daughters will start dating black dudes." Someone close to me said this.
Our history must be truthful if we don't want to repeat our past mistakes.
Regardless of how long ago it was or where, it cannot be mistaken for anything else, this was not a battle, this was not an incident or run in with Indians, it was a massacre, a mass shooting to be condemned like all the others. It is still relevant and must not be forgotten. It was the first of the many nightmarish shootings my home of Colorado has experienced since its formation. It's no different than if a bunch of guys from Fort Carson loaded up some armored vehicles, drove out to the nearest Ute reservation, and just randomly opened fire. This was THE worst MASS SHOOTING in Colorado history and not anything later, and therefore among the worst in all US history, and to ignore it is to whitewash that history. The spilled blood of the innocent, regardless of whose it is, and where, and when, and even why, is NEVER excusable, and since this was a racially motivated attack it should count as a hate crime. I see no difference in seeing the names or fatality counts of these people than those of the Aurora Theater Shooting or Columbine. Their story must be told, and it must be seen for what it is, the cloudiness of time brushed away. RIP to all those lives lost, no one deserves that and it will never be forgotten.
Your a good man Ken Burns,what I like to refer to as a "Gatewood".
Thank you.
A must read:
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
by
David Grann
If we don't learn from history, we repeat the same mistakes, when I was growing up most of my friends hated history while I loved it. I am a native American who knows the past.
Chivington was a disgrace to mankind
History shows us our patterns of thought and behaviors. This allows us to become aware of how they repeat and how we can change for the better. Once we know the truth, we are more likely to change.
Joe, you point out a very important aspect of being American - learning from our mistakes. That is what separates a great person, a highly intelligent person, from those who are ignorant and cling to their ignorance. You can follow any person who is a true leader and hero, from ancient myths and Biblical stories to present day leaders and heroes, and discover that they had faults and lack of knowledge which they overcame by challenging themselves and those around them to be better, to do better, to make things better for everyone. That is why we can forgive our founding father's for being slave owners. They were attempting to do better. They set into motion our Constitution and the Bill of Rights, both of which can help each generation build a better tomorrow for everyone if we learn from our mistakes.
"What the Old Cheyenne Women at Sand Creek Knew"
(Sand Creek Massacre: November 29, 1864)
by Red Hawk
All along the creek bank
they crouched holding the children
until the last warrior was dead
and the soldiers turned slowly towards them
like men in a bad dream.
The old women knew what was coming.
All along the creek bank
they tore off their shawls,
their shirts, their scarves,
anything close at hand
and they covered the eyes of the children.
The old women knew that if young children
saw what men in a bad dream could do
they would not die a clean death
so they covered the eyes of the children
and made no move to run.
The old women knew it was time.
All along the creek bank
they sat with their eyes wide open
watching and rocking the swaddled children
and when the soldiers opened fire
they tumbled into the creek,
the dead children in their arms
with eyes covered
so they would not see
what men in a bad dream could do.
All along the creek bank
The old women knew how to move
from one dream to another
And take the children safely through;
the old women knew
what men in a bad dream could do.
😪💔
And Lincoln approved the hanging of the Dakota 38.
Lincoln commuted 263 of the death sentences imposed by a military tribunal, which almost certainly no other white man of that time would have done.
One was my great-great grandfather. I am lucky to be here.
The next target of the right. Ken, please be sure that you have adequate security.
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We are a violent country. It is violent in the present, also.
It's a violent world. The USA is one country . And not a perfect one.
A massacre is usually preceded by a battle. Unfortunately, mutilation (such as scalping) of victims is a common phenomenon here. This is a universal fact that applies to all places of the world regardless of the time frame. Sand Creek is (unfortunately) not unique. No one has the monopoly of peacefulness or cruelty. Many massacres in the 'wild west' of the 19th century can hardly be found in the history books. (For example, have you heard of the 'Tonkawa Massacre' or the 'Massacre Canyon'? You'd have to be a historian to know what this was about. The consequences of this battle/massacres were as bad as those at Sand Creek.)
A number of battle/massacres such as Sand Creek and Wounded Knee are always rightly mentioned somewhere in the current literature. They are like 'red lights' of slaughter in the wild west.... Unfortunately, they often carry the "aura" of the "evil white man" butchering the "innocent good red man." A broader perspective of the facts is hardly told. I'm missing this.
The killing of the Cheyenne women and childen by Chivington and his brute soldiers is often refered as a 'massacre or even genocide'. The killing of Mexican and European settlers in Chihuahua and Texas by Quanah Parker's Commanches is called 'victims of raiding' and the killing of Pawnee women and children at Massacre Canyon by the Sioux warriors of Spotted Tail is an 'internal native affaire' (hardly mentioned in history books). Why we rate all this killing (which in fact are the same drama) differently? Is it to satisfy our own feeling of moral superiority of guilt towards the native population?
May God have mercy on our American soul… 🇺🇸😢
There is no such thing as "more perfect". Perfection is the end of the line.
_More perfect_ does not mean "more than perfect". It means closer to perfection. That phrase is codified in the preamble of the United States Constitution: "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
If it wasn't for Ken Burns many people would not know about this and many other units of history.
Brilliant
We have places set aside now in memorium of these event in the past. When you say Lincoln freed the slaves is to ignore we still have a very long way to go before we can say these sweeping statements without talking about nuance and real outcomes. Without context knowledge is limited.