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Side With the Living

the other night I saw a commercial for a PBS program that breathlessly described how orcas “dominate” the oceans. And the nature program I had the misfortune to see before that talked of different species of bears “conquering” each other’s territories. The program repeatedly emphasized the powerful bite of one particular type of bear — […]

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Norris Thomlinson September 3rd, 2009 Filed in Essays No Responses

Civilisation & décolonisation

Le chef Osage Big Soldier a dit de la culture dominante, « je vois et j’admire votre manière de vivre… pour faire court, vous pouvez faire presque tout ce que vous choisissez. Vous, les blancs, possédez le pouvoir d’asservir presque chaque animal à votre convenance. Vous êtes entourés d’esclaves. Vous enchaînez tout autour de vous et […]

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Norris Thomlinson September 1st, 2009 Filed in Français No Responses

Civilizace a dekolonizace

Velký voják, náčelník indiánů kmene Osage, řekl k dominantní kultuře: „Dívám se a obdivuji váš způsob života… Stručně řečeno, můžete si dělat téměř vše, co vás napadne. Vy bílí máte sílu podmanit si snad každé zvíře ke svému užitku. Jste obklopení otroky. Každá věc okolo vás je v řetězech, a vy jste sami otroci. Obávám […]

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Foreword to Unsettling Ourselves

The Osage chief Big Soldier said of the dominant culture, “I see and admire your manner of living. . . . In short you can do almost what you choose. You whites possess the power of subduing almost every animal to your use. You are surrounded by slaves. Every thing about you is in chains […]

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Norris Thomlinson September 1st, 2009 Filed in Essays No Responses

Civilizacija i dekolonijalizacija

Poglavica Osaga, Veliki Ratnik, rekao je o vladajućoj kulturi: “Ja vidim i divim se vašem načinu života…. Ukratko, možete da uradite skoro sve što izaberete. Vi belci posedujete moć da ukrotite skoro svaku životinju za svoju upotrebu. Okruženi ste robovima. Sve oko vas je u lancima i vi ste i sami robovi. Bojim se ako […]

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Norris Thomlinson September 1st, 2009 Filed in српски No Responses