tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014005277153555622.post7510409132327708869..comments2023-03-29T04:47:15.998-05:00Comments on Spiritcreek: Symphony in the Flint HillsJackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15461386564339879940noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014005277153555622.post-85956373672315440072010-06-14T06:14:48.397-05:002010-06-14T06:14:48.397-05:00I do owe an apology. Focusing on the ranching asp...I do owe an apology. Focusing on the ranching aspect of the Hills is valid, especially in light of the fact that the Indians have been included and invited in years past. I feel 100% better, thanks to your post. So thank you, Dave. <br /><br />My son was a little boy when we heard a pharmacy radio advertisement with the Lone Ranger and Tonto characters in Topeka. Tonto was so stupid he bit a bullet. The punchline was the bullet exploded in Tonto's mouth. That was the first time the reality of marginalization, dismissal, ignorance and outright prejudice against Indians hit me with clarity. Who was so ignorant to use Tonto to advertise in the listening area of three reservations and a high population of urban Indians?!<br /><br />My son volunteered to create a tic tac toh board with famous Indians as the answers. His elementary teacher asked me if there would be enough Indians to fill the board!!!! Not enough doctors, scholars, world class ballerinas, athletes, authors, artists, attorneys, actors, politicians etc etc - past and present?!<br /><br />The basketball coach at my son's high school called my son Captain Tonto! The list could go on, as you can imagine.<br /><br />Leonard McKinney tried his best to warn me how to handle the prejudice, set an example for my son, and save myself the wear and tear. He told me Indians do not consider the racism against them as their problem. It can consume a person to no good end, and make a person racist in return. I was holding all the white people associated with the SFH for failing to recognize the Indians - making wrong assumptions and seeing exclusion where it did not exist.Jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15461386564339879940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014005277153555622.post-65800285329495588712010-06-13T19:28:28.393-05:002010-06-13T19:28:28.393-05:00No need to eat any crow as far as I'm concerne...No need to eat any crow as far as I'm concerned, Jackie. I'm actually not involved in organizing much other than my own comments. I DO share your concerns about the importance of remembering all who've been here before us ... and who share the land with us still.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09020972684219323259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014005277153555622.post-73273461712062902232010-06-13T17:21:16.996-05:002010-06-13T17:21:16.996-05:00Hello, Dave Kendall! I thought I recognized your ...Hello, Dave Kendall! I thought I recognized your voice last night as the MC and sure enough, when we looked, your name was there.<br /><br />I do need to eat a big helping of crow. After I found the link to the SITFH, I saw that indeed Native Americans had been included in the past. It would not have been the first time people simply forgot Native Americans and it always just breaks my heart, so I ask forgiveness for my rush to judgement. So, to you and the other organizers, I make my sincere apologies. In all other ways, it was a spectacular evening. Both Anda and I were happy to have been luckily enough to have been there. It was something!Jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15461386564339879940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014005277153555622.post-48049566638066604352010-06-13T14:47:57.273-05:002010-06-13T14:47:57.273-05:00Hi Jackie ... glad you were able to make it to SFH...Hi Jackie ... glad you were able to make it to SFH. If you had come last year, you would have seen a very striking tribute to the indigenous peoples, heard a narrative about the Kanza people & their displacement from the land ... and also read about it in the field journal ... and ended the evening with music performed by a Cherokee flute player, who also gave presentations in the education tents. This year, the main focus was placed on the ranching heritage of the hills, so it had a different flavor. Not making excuses, just letting you know. be seeing you ... Dave KendallAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09020972684219323259noreply@blogger.com