The Ache of History

For as long as I can remember, I have had a soft-spot for the plight of the indigenous American Indian.  It, perhaps, is a gateway for my sensitivity to all people who are oppressed, by other men, systems, or country.

Say what you will about Joe Biden (or any president, for that matter), but I have to concur with what he says here:

We can’t just choose to learn what we want to know about our history. We have to learn what we should know.  We should know about our country.  We should know everything: the good, the bad, the truth of who we are as a nation.  That’s what great nations do, and we are a great nation.

We have to be honest and tell the truth.

Or, we become something quite different than...great.

Some history about the Lakota Indians...here.