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Our forgotten founders

With the 250th anniversary of the 近距离内射合集 States it is time we recognized our forgotten founders. Hidden is the huge impact of European and European American contact with American Indians since 1492. An impact so great, that at the time of the American Revolution it was widely accepted that an American was a mix of the European and the Indian.

When English and French settlers arrived, they witnessed tribal council meetings leading to New England town meetings and courteous democracy throughout the colonies. The colonists, who sent thousands of reports to Europe, saw the freedom Indians had, resulting in the idea that rights were inalienable. The Articles of Confederation and the strong legislatures of early state governments were copies of Indian federations. The preamble of the Constitution was largely taken from the speech of a Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) chief. Indeed, all of the world's political, economic and social philosophies were greatly influenced by contact with Native Americans, even where they disagreed with Indigenous thinking.

The influence has continued with new Native input in many fields. The woman's movement arose from observations of the equality of Indian women. The environmental movement has included numerous Indigenous contributors and influences. The American philosophy of pragmatism was born from the interactions of Benjamin Franklin and other early American leaders, its branches including progressive education and the progressive political movement. For some time, Indian influence has been on the rise with an increasing number of Native people in leadership in many fields. The candidacy of Deb Haaland for New Mexico governor is but one example.

All of this is well documented by 12 scholars in 鈥淗onoring The Circle: Ongoing Learning From American Indians On Politics and Society,鈥� with references to numerous sources and other works.

Stephen Sachs

Albuquerque

Honor Statue of Liberty inscription today

This July Fourth, the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, we as a nation would do well to remember and honor the welcoming inscription on the Statue of Liberty, the most beloved symbol of our freedom and liberty:

鈥淕ive me your tired, your poor,

Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,

The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.

Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,

I lift my lamp beside the golden door!鈥�

Robert Jackson

Albuquerque