And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 22:11:43 EST
>To: <list deleted>
>Subject: HELP STOP THE INSANITY
>X-Mailer: AOL 3.0 16-bit for Windows sub 86
>
>GREETINGS:
>
>THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM (100 2CND STREET N SAINT PETERSBURG, FL
>33701) IS CONTINUING TO DISPLAY THE HUMAN REMAINS OF EIGHT INKAN INDIGENOUS
>PEOPLES. THIS KIND OF GROSS DISRESPECT OF HUMAN REMAINS IS NOT DONE TO ANY
>OTHER PEOPLES. THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM DID NOT EVEN CONSIDER SHOWING
>THE HUMAN REMAINS OF THE ROMANAV FAMILY DURING ITS "LAST OF THE CZARS"
EXHIBIT
>OR THE REMAINS OF THE VICTIMS OF THE TITANIC DURING THAT EXHIBIT AND MOST
>LIKELY WILL NOT PROVIDE THE REMAINS OF JOHN F KENNEDY DURING ITS EXHIBIT OF
>HIS LIFE. ONLY INDIGENOUS PEOPLES SUFFER THIS INDIGNITY AND GROSS DISRESPECT
>OF HAVING THEIR ANCESTORS HUMAN REMAINS AND ASSOCIATED FUNERARY RELATED
>OBJECTS DISPLAYED LIKE A TROPHY FOR ALL TO COME LEER AT. FURTHER SUCH
DISPLAYS
>ARE A CONCIOUS AND CONSICUOUS ATTACK ON THE SOVEREIGNTY AND
SELF-DETERMINATION
>OF INDIGENOUS NATIONS AS MUSEUMS DIRECTLY ASK THE COLONIAL SETTLER STATE
>WITHOUT CONSULTING OR ASKING THE PERMISSION OF THE INDIGENOUS NATION IN
>QUESTION.
>SINCE THE SAYING GOES THE ONLY GOOD INDIAN IS A "DEAD" INDIAN WE MUST PRESUME
>THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM IS ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO PAY TO LEER AT SOME
>"GOOD" INDIANS RATher than engage in constructive dialouge with some live
ones
>on issues of critcal concern to Indigenous peoples and to play upon the
>purient interests of some people in the dominant society to see dead Indians.
>There is No educational value to seeing deceased human remains behind safety
>glass. The simple fact is that the FiIM is using the remains of Inka people
>for a ghoulish tourist attraction.
>Florida AIM asks all people to write a letter to the museum condeming the
>display and joining our boycott of toursim in Pinellas County.
>
>Thank You
>
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Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit)
Unenh onhwa' Awayaton
http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/
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