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I'm going to argue the opposite and say that it's possible that these citizens weren’t necessarily standing up for the Native Americans, but rather looking out for themselves. A good reputation and a spot in heaven was reserved for moral and self-controlled citizens, and Native Americans weren’t on par with slaves, so rape couldn’t really be excused as exercising control over your property. Thomas Jefferson didn’t like slavery because he felt it was detrimental to white society, not because he felt that blacks were equal to whites. Perhaps these complaining citizens felt that raping Indian women was detrimental to white society and not because they were concerned about the Indians. -- Taylor Brann | I'm going to argue the opposite and say that it's possible that these citizens weren’t necessarily standing up for the Native Americans, but rather looking out for themselves. A good reputation and a spot in heaven was reserved for moral and self-controlled citizens, and Native Americans weren’t on par with slaves, so rape couldn’t really be excused as exercising control over your property. Thomas Jefferson didn’t like slavery because he felt it was detrimental to white society, not because he felt that blacks were equal to whites. Perhaps these complaining citizens felt that raping Indian women was detrimental to white society and not because they were concerned about the Indians. -- Taylor Brann | ||
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| + | In response to the questions about the “pretend lieutenant” What I think they were hinting at was not that they were civilians pretending to be military, but that they were possibly pretending to be of a higher rank, potentially to have more influence and power to command a situation- such as access to an Indian rancheria. Also, I don’t know if I necessarily agree with Taylor. Yes, Indians were considered much lower to whites and non-citizens, but I would like to believe that there was some human decency to see that rape (no matter to whom) was wrong, and that the military ought to have better control over such situations. When reading this I got that it was a woman writing this and so I hope that this person was standing up for honest reason reasons of humanity. -- Elyse Lawrence | ||
== Zitkala-Sa Travels to the Land of the Big Red Apples, 1884 == | == Zitkala-Sa Travels to the Land of the Big Red Apples, 1884 == | ||
