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billyjack669 t1_ixd074l wrote

"Gee, you boys sure look civilized."

He congratulated us and he gave us medals for looking so civilized.

We told him about how our land had been stolen and how our people were dying. When we finished he shook our hands and said, "endeavor to persevere!"

They stood us in a line: John Jumper, Chili McIntosh, Buffalo Hump, Jim Buckmark, and me — I am Lone Watie. They took our pictures. And the newspapers said, "Indians vow to endeavor to persevere."

We thought about that for a long time. "Endeavor to persevere." And when we had thought about it long enough, we declared war on the Union.

Taken from Lone Watie's (Chief Dan George) speech from The Outlaw Josey Wales

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EmberStormCaller t1_ixdy0cc wrote

Favorite western.

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Pogonia t1_ixj8tln wrote

Based on a book written by a virulent and hateful racist. One of his other "literary achievements" was George Wallace's infamous line: "Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever"

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AnOrdinary_Hippo t1_ixfztld wrote

The crow would be one of the tribes least upset about the US. They were in the middle of being genocided by the Sioux before war US involvement.

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