Indians Are, of Course, Not Indians

October 8, 2018

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Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is indigenous peoples in honor of Indigenous People’s Day, which is celebrated today, October 8.

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A poem for Indigenous People’s Day about the mislabeling of the American indigenous peoples:

Indians are, of course, not Indians.

Nor were they ever Indians.

Denying their identities,

Inventing labels as we please,

Allows, of course, their genocide.

No word is ever innocent.

So names enable fratricide.

© by Nicholas Gordon

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This week’s theme: Indigenous Peoples

10/8: Indians Are, of Course, Not Indians