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dwight
Joined: May 2007
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Jun 24, 2007 04:50
It was not the murder of a white man for which the three Indians were hung, but for the alleged murder of John Sassamon, a Harvard-educated Indian, who was caught on the middle and/or was manipulating both sides of...the conflict. I think that John Sassamon's plight would make a terrific movie some day, not one which particularly portrays him as a hero, but one which explores the inherent conflicts beteeen the two cultures and what it must have been like to be a "Christianized" Indian.
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dwight
Joined: May 2007
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Jun 24, 2008 04:09
And John Sassamon is STILL a Native-American, not a white man.
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dwight
Joined: May 2007
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Jun 24, 2010 03:58
OK, Is everyone on this site dead or drownded? It has now been two YEARS since it was pointed out that Sassamon was an Indian. Is the misstatement in the article being preserved because it is too hard to change, the mistake has become part of oral tradition...or everyone really is dead or drowded? Hello!!
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EDITOR
Joined: Jun 2010
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Jun 24, 2010 07:33
We ain't dead yet! However, we don't get a PING! When there's a worthwhile comment, so we missed yours in the summer. We will now take care of it. thanks for pointing this out. I agree with you on the film idea.
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pleun bouricius
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pbouricius@masshumanities.org
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