asteriskeverything , 5 months ago

Ok so I did more reading because the wiki alone was already fascinating. I mean the VP to Hoover, seriously really only white men for nearly 100 years, and the assimilation thing seemed weird to me. How is giving up your land and heritage a good thing? Well it wasn’t, at least for his tribe. They almost lost everything even their language.

Anyway I found this article really fascinating but the end gave me a chuckle

When asked on the phone how members of the Kaw Nation feel about Curtis today, a representative said it wasn’t her place to say. Then she hung up.

WaPo Article

And all this started cuz his grandma was like fuck off don’t come home, go assimilate. She encouraged it and he was even sent to live with his white grandparents as a teenager. Maybe he was an asshole and that was her excuse or she really believed it idk but damn.