Monday, September 19, 2011

Too Black To Be Red

The Cherokees have thrown out the...um...dark red members of the Tribe.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wait, wait, wait....the injuns owned slaves !?!?!?!?!?

I thought that was ONLY a white man construct!!?!?!!?

AND the injuns fought with the rebs??!?!?!!

I thought only white guys fought FOR slavery!?!?!?!?

I need to go to my corner and hum to myself. This doesn't sound like the narrative I've heard.

Steve

Bob said...

@Steve: Yep. Stand Watie was a general in the Confederate Army, and a chief of the Cherokee Tribe.