tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7461637042198814103.post6649491138063012971..comments2023-07-02T11:05:36.456-04:00Comments on Six Nations (Haudenosaunee) & the Haldimand Tract: Beliefs versus Facts: Accusations of Genocide, Ethnic Cleansing Directed Toward the Canadian GovernmentUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7461637042198814103.post-75916338100588355742014-03-20T16:50:33.767-04:002014-03-20T16:50:33.767-04:00Hey Tony, Yes, once again totally agree with what...Hey Tony, Yes, once again totally agree with what you are saying here. I have studied world archaeology, and participated in many excavations, and what I find interesting is the commonalities, not differences, between people. A good starting point is the article here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prehistoric_warfare and the Talheim masacre site - from the Neolithic period. There are similar finds from copper, bronze, iron ages and recent times all across Europe. Same here whether gruesome Olmec, Myan, Aztec sacrifices, or those taking place across all of North America on a less extensive scale (lower population density). In Africa today, Rawanda or Nigeria same deal. And on and on. We seem to be hard wired for this behaviour. At one time I studied the neurological circuits underpinning aggression, and must admit that we used to perform psychsurgery on aggressive criminal psychopaths hoping to amend their behaviour. Bottom line, it was well intentioned but did not work so as far as I know this procedure was abandoned everywhere by the 90s. The scary thing is that most of these guys did not seem a whole lot different from anyone else, except perhaps that they lacked a conscience (although could pull the wool over the eyes of many professionals). Europeans, Native Americans, not really different in this way - we "treated" quite a few fellows from the Rez communities way up north, and "city slickers" from southern Canada (quite a few from BC for some reason). Wish that a pill or religion or some other quick fix was available - but we are who we are - defect in serotonin transporter gene or appauling environmental circumstances (e.g., Charles Manson). The environment and biology (via a predisposition) can interact to produce the same result. Fear that we will be wrestling with the same issues in 2114 - if we make it that far. Giving the planet a break would help. On that somber note, best, DeYo.Administrationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05281509400158726212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7461637042198814103.post-37469882534938771442014-03-19T17:51:32.050-04:002014-03-19T17:51:32.050-04:00So I've just finished reading The Orenda and I...So I've just finished reading The Orenda and I think there is little doubt that it is a masterful work of historical fiction and deserves all of the accolades it has been receiving; I have a sense of some sort of ironic justice at play here as I believe the novel actually corroborates much of what you have written in your Blog posts; in fact, the author's meticulous research is a reflection of your own evidence-based research and critical analysis; the novel undoubtedly has opened up dialogue and discussion which has been lacking and hopefully will lead to much more interest in your articles which deserve to be read by a much wider audience; as for the Orenda, whatever accuracies or inaccuracies which may exist can be addressed as part of any ongoing dialogue; but I believe the novel succeeds on a level which most reviewers have missed or ignored and that is on adeeper philosophical level when it forces the reader (often in a very subtle way) to respond to a number of questions about who we were and are as a species both in the past and in the present...because ultimately the story is not just about Huron vs. Haudenosaunee; religious proselytizing or white man's materialism and greed but what it means to be human, what is proper to man, what is our relationship and responsibility to creation and all life that exists within that earthly creation. As the author so eloquently states in his closing: "But this isn't just about sadness, or pity, or blame. We're all party to our own wants as well as to our own shortcomings."......"we couldn't see our own demise coming." And equally prophetic Aataentsic saysthat " now is what is important, Orenda can't be lost, just misplaced. The past and the future are present ." DeYo your words bring light to darkness and allow Orenda to shine in its rightful place.....so keep on blogging.....Ah-ho! Ah-ho!MyOrendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10648612748999773257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7461637042198814103.post-33847360477120953442014-03-19T13:21:53.752-04:002014-03-19T13:21:53.752-04:00Lost two comments so far today...Lost two comments so far today...MyOrendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10648612748999773257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7461637042198814103.post-11974722682614580122014-03-19T12:00:30.914-04:002014-03-19T12:00:30.914-04:00testing 1 2 3testing 1 2 3Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com