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WT Sharpe · 07-13-2010, 08:12 AM

.....One of the major problems of the Indian people is the missionary. It has been said of missionaries that when they arrived they had only the Book and we had the land; now we have the Book and they have the land. An old Indian once told me that when the missionaries arrived they fell on their knees and prayed. Then they got up, fell on the Indians, and preyed.
..........— Vine (Victor) Deloria, Jr. (1933 - 2005), Native American author and activist. Custer Died for Your Sins (1969).

07-13-2010, 08:12 AM	#208
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	.....One of the major problems of the Indian people is the missionary. It has been said of missionaries that when they arrived they had only the Book and we had the land; now we have the Book and they have the land. An old Indian once told me that when the missionaries arrived they fell on their knees and prayed. Then they got up, fell on the Indians, and preyed. ..........— Vine (Victor) Deloria, Jr. (1933 - 2005), Native American author and activist. *Custer Died for Your Sins* (1969).