Faithful Scribe Contemplates Complicity In Native American Genocide

There are more than a few online denizens who often, cruelly and always anonymously, argue in favor the atrocities suffered by the Native Americans at the hands of settlers and with cooperation by many governments and territories. 

Meanwhile . . .

Understanding the history of American settlement requires a more nuanced and thoughtful perspective about the nature of U.S. expansion and the course of Western civilization overall.  

And better than reactionary rhetoric . . . Understanding any course of human events brings us to the question of faith in politics and policy and its impact at the personal level and beyond.

And all of that bring us to this passage and recommended reading from KC's top faith blogger.

Check-it . . . 

"There are many connections between religion and the story of how white European invaders committed physical and cultural genocide against Indigenous people living on the land that became North America. In countless ways, those connections are disheartening, appalling and even horrifying."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Faith Matters Blog:  A compelling, personal U.S. history of injustice against Indigenous people