Comments on: From Where the Sun Now Stands https://www.damninteresting.com/from-where-the-sun-now-stands/ Fascinating true stories from science, history, and psychology since 2005 Mon, 10 Mar 2025 07:40:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 By: Krissa https://www.damninteresting.com/from-where-the-sun-now-stands/#comment-75575 Mon, 10 Mar 2025 07:40:23 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?post_type=upcoming&p=81736#comment-75575 It’s difficult to write through tears. Out of respect for the dignified and noble way Chief Joseph and his people conducted themselves I will make my comment the same. What happened to the people who lived in all of the Americas after Europeans showed up is tragic. As a Christian myself, I can say for certain that Jesus would never have approved of what was done in His name in these cases. Some of those responsible were likely misguided and truly believed it was what Jesus would do, but most of those men used Jesus’ name to justify their own personal horrific acts of violence and depravity. It was the European settlers/invaders that made it impossible for the two cultures and people to live together in peace, separate, but at least in peace. What happened is heartbreaking. I don’t know what else to write.

]]> By: JarvisLoop https://www.damninteresting.com/from-where-the-sun-now-stands/#comment-74592 Thu, 01 Jun 2023 12:16:59 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?post_type=upcoming&p=81736#comment-74592 At least one positive step was taken. (However, what have we done lately to atone?)

https://www.bing.com/search?q=long+walk+of+the+navajo&filters=IsConversation:%22True%22%20OsKey%3A%22OnThisDay0601%22+Id%3A%221%22+dw_answerstobesuppressed%3A%22taskpanepromotionanswer%22&form=OTDTB1

]]> By: JarvisLoop https://www.damninteresting.com/from-where-the-sun-now-stands/#comment-74591 Mon, 29 May 2023 13:17:34 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?post_type=upcoming&p=81736#comment-74591 Eldmore:

Thank you. Your comments mean more to me than I can express.

However, I don’t know if I will ever be able to not feel shame over what was done and what is being done today.

]]> By: Eldmore https://www.damninteresting.com/from-where-the-sun-now-stands/#comment-74590 Sun, 28 May 2023 16:57:02 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?post_type=upcoming&p=81736#comment-74590 @JarvisLoop, please don’t feel shame. What your ancestors did to mine was their doing. I bear no ill will towards you or anyone else because you weren’t there to make a decision either way and I wasn’t there to suffer. I am grateful for those who acknowledge that what happened was wrong but they should never take responsibility for the transgressions of others because of the color of their skin or who their ancestors were.

]]> By: DJCAustin https://www.damninteresting.com/from-where-the-sun-now-stands/#comment-74587 Tue, 23 May 2023 02:02:21 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?post_type=upcoming&p=81736#comment-74587 I listened to this today on my cycling ride in the Texas Hill Country. I was in Comanche Territory.
I got choked up at the end of the piece and finished mt ride in silence as I processed these words.
Thank you.

]]> By: JarvisLoop https://www.damninteresting.com/from-where-the-sun-now-stands/#comment-74586 Mon, 22 May 2023 23:38:51 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?post_type=upcoming&p=81736#comment-74586 I have lived in General Sherman’s birthplace for 63 years. The stories the townspeople tell about are vastly different from the stories that the Southerners and Native Americans tell.

What all of us – whites, blacks, yellows, browns – did to the Natives is unforgivable and makes me ashamed.

]]> By: Tallscot https://www.damninteresting.com/from-where-the-sun-now-stands/#comment-74585 Mon, 22 May 2023 20:21:35 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?post_type=upcoming&p=81736#comment-74585 A fascinating tale from a bygone era, and beautifully told.

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