NP Native Americans-related

Keith Obye kobye at indiana.edu
Sun Sep 10 12:01:49 CDT 2000


I don't know if it has been mentioned on list before, but there is a
tremendous book by David Stannard (history)  called _American Holocaust_
on the hemisphere-wide genocide which occured post-columbus.  The Baum
quotes are included.

Cheers, Keith Obye
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Eckhardt" <uzs7lz at uni-bonn.de>
To: "Doug Millison" <millison at online-journalist.com>
Cc: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2000 6:33 AM
Subject: Re: NP Native Americans-related


> Which brings to my mind: Frank L. Baum, the author of "The Wizard of Oz",
> worked as a newspaper editor in Aberdeen, South Dakota, during the 1890s.
In
> two of his editorials he called for the complete extermination of the
Sioux
> people by the US:
>
> http://www.dickshovel.com/TwistedFootnote.html
>
>




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