Shoshone Descendants Remember US Army Massacre

Preston, Idaho | Tribal members descend in late January each year to the burial ground near the Bear River where soldiers felled hundreds of their ancestors in one of American history's bloodiest but little remembered massacres.]

The 141st Bear River Massacre Commemoration, 01/29/04. (photo: paytonlee.com)

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0 # L.Holland 2010-02-08 08:17

One can only feel a profound sense of sorrow at reading this and admiration for the descendants in moving toward forgiveness. We should be reminded that, in the Amazon and elsewhere, such incidents against indigenous communities continue.

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0 # Jefferson 2010-02-08 18:14

...and in Afghanistan, tribal peoples are murdered by stealth aircraft,like a video game killing machine,judge,j ury,executioner ,genocide brigades just like the good old days of "family values" army strategies never change...

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