Indians? Just Get a Few

October 10, 2018

Dear Subscriber:

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 was celebrated on October 8.

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A poem for Indigenous People’s Day about how many indigenous tribes lost their land to speculators:

Indians? Just get a few

Drunk and have them sign the thing.

Any Indians will do,

Though of the right tribe. Then you

Take it to court, to me, and bring

The Indians, just a few --

Chiefs this time, if you can -- to view

The words that will their wandering.

Though any Indians will do.

Then some pleas I’ll get you through

Before we turn to exiling

The Indians, just a few

I’ll quickly rule against, then cue

The troops to start the harrowing.

Any Indians will do,

Until they get the message. You

Can start to buy up land by spring.

So get some Indians -- just a few.

Any Indians will do.

© by Nicholas Gordon

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This week’s theme: Indigenous Peoples

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

10/9: We Have Become an Endangered Species

10/10: Indians? Just Get a Few