Sunday, March 29, 2015

Reparations needed. Great California Genocide.


The US not only needs to pay reparations to the African-Americans but also to the Original Americans—
“Rewards ranged from $5 for every severed head in Shasta City in 1855 to 25 cents for a scalp in Honey Lake in 1863. One resident of Shasta City wrote about how he remembers seeing men bringing mules to town, each laden with eight to twelve Indian heads. Other regions passed laws that called for collective punishment for the whole village for crimes committed by Indians, up to the destruction of the entire village and all of its inhabitants. These policies led to the destruction of as many as 150 Native communities.”

Read full article: http://goo.gl/dlW4yg

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