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FLOTUS To Tribal Youth: America Embracing 'Wisdom Of Your Ancestors' On Climate Change
2015-07-10
[Breitbart] Speaking to a gathering of American tribal youth at the White House today, First Lady Michelle Obama praised their heritage, pointing out the cultural significance of Native Americans to the institutions of the United States.

"Long before the United States was even an idea, your ancestors were harvesting the crops that would feed the world for centuries to come," she said, pointing out their contributions to music, art, medicine, and even government.

"Today on issues like conservation and climate change we are finally beginning to embrace the wisdom of your ancestors," she said. "So make no mistake about it, your customs, your values, your discoveries, are at the heart of the American story."

The First Lady also highlighted the historical atrocities committed by the United States against Native Americans.
Posted by:Besoeker

#19  My mother used to say that if her NA ancestors had eaten every single person who showed up in a ship, we wouldn't be in this mess.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418    2015-07-10 16:03  

#18  Would it be considered wrong to drive all the Democrats over a cliff and thus save the buffalo???
Posted by: USN, Ret   2015-07-10 15:44  

#17  *Applause*
Posted by: Pappy   2015-07-10 15:39  

#16  All culture's, like, equal, you know,
So Injuns need Marx and Rousseau!
They no needum wampum,
Just commies to swamp 'em
With Chomsky, Fanon, and Foucault.


Outstanding.
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220   2015-07-10 14:50  

#15  Long before the United States was even an idea, my ancestors ATE your ancestors. Our digestive systems are still upset.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418    2015-07-10 14:23  

#14  "bloviating her pro-Robert Mugabe, hate America, hate Euro-colonist theme" Pretty much what many modern pseudo-educated native Americans are parroting now.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418    2015-07-10 14:22  

#13  The Renaissance was well underway while the tribes of NA still hadn't figured out the wheel. They did discover peyote though, which may have been what FLOTUS was on when she babbled off this oratory gem.
Posted by: regular joe   2015-07-10 14:17  

#12  Thinking about this Comanche Dawg Soldier expedition Matt brought up. Might have some merit. Pretty sure my grandmother must have been Comanche part-wise from the switching sides I got, count me in on your war party.
Posted by: Shipman   2015-07-10 13:45  

#11  "Today on issues like conservation and climate change we are finally beginning to embrace the wisdom of your ancestors"

Somehow the ideas of driving buffalo over a cliff or setting wildfires to drive game out don't seem to be environmentally sensitive.
Posted by: Pappy   2015-07-10 13:16  

#10  ..yeah, wheat, rye, barley, rice. How did the world do without till they discovered these 'new' continents?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2015-07-10 12:27  

#9  Long before the United States was even an idea, your ancestors were harvesting the crops that would feed the world for centuries to come

Which didn't happen until well after the European settlement of the Plains.
Posted by: charger   2015-07-10 12:19  

#8  She may have a point. There's nothing wrong with Washington that a Comanche war party couldn't fix.
Posted by: Matt   2015-07-10 11:37  

#7  Long before the United States was even an idea, your ancestors were harvesting the crops that would feed the world for centuries to come

Would feed the world for centuries to come? Our FLOTUS is still an idiot.
Posted by: JohnQC   2015-07-10 11:27  

#6  Long before the United States was even an idea, your ancestors were harvesting the crops

Our FLOTUS is an idiot.
Posted by: JohnQC   2015-07-10 11:25  

#5  
Posted by:    2015-07-10 08:17  

#4  Oh, about those Anasazi who overbuilt in the desert and had to abandon their villages and dwellings cause they consumed more resources than the environment would support? - see California. Wisdom would be about learning from the past. The record of the past that the socialists systemically seek to destroy.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2015-07-10 07:06  

#3  Oh, wisdom like setting the forest on fire to drive deer or driving entire herds of buffalo over cliffs?
Posted by: Silentbrick   2015-07-10 06:52  

#2  Good job he's not stereotyping an entire group...
Oh.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2015-07-10 04:59  

#1  What happened to American Mega-fauna after their ancestors arrived, that's what I would like to ask.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2015-07-10 04:03  

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