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Post by Rachel Y on Oct 27, 2010 4:59:33 GMT -5
Hi ! I've just visited this forum. Happy to get acquainted with you. Thanks.
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Post by Diane Merkel on Nov 1, 2010 8:55:47 GMT -5
Welcome, Rachel!
Diane
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Post by wambli ahitunwan on Nov 27, 2022 0:46:12 GMT -5
As stated previously on this forum, extraordinary efforts were made by surviving family members to conceal their personal identity and location well into the 20th Century following the murder of Crazy Horse. He was so hated by the whites for his overwhelming battlefield successes against the US Army, and also by many of our Lakota people who felt that his extended 'hostile' resistance against forced compliance with white domination was making life more difficult for other tribal members.
As such, it would seem very reasonable for Crazy Horse family members to feel paranoid regarding their own safety and well-being in the wake of his death, resulting in frequent changes of residence and name changes, essentially fugitives from enemies both on and off the rez. It was not desirable to be an Indian, and especially undesirable to be a Lakota Indian related to Crazy Horse.
But in recent years now, we are all asked to believe that Tsunka Witko's alleged surviving family relatives are no longer concerned about maintaining any anonymity or secrecy. Why the sudden change of mind? The probable answer seems sadly obvious. Full control of the Crazy Horse Brand (TM) looks like a pretty lucrative commodity to me. Dare I say that there's a lot of gold in them there hills.
I neither condemn nor endorse any of the respective parties involved in legal cases relating to who the 'real' Crazy Horse family members are, but it all feels uncomfortably disingenuous to me. Ho'ye.
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