Tag Archives: American West

Ted’s Montana Grill wants to rewild the American west with BISON not buffalo. Bison would be Lakota for ERASURE.

TATONKA is the Lakota word for Buffalo, or Bison as the white man calls the buffalo now. The difference would seem to be academic, maybe more to the zoologist than the historian. So what’s the big deal? Apparently the buffalo … Continue reading

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But of course Anglo-centric American History is a Core Credit.

So, part of the Arizona “show your papers” lynch “law” has a complete defunding of Ethnic Studies which reflect, cumulatively, the histories of a substantial majority of the people in the state. Specifically at U of A Tucson the Tucson … Continue reading

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Top 10 Westerns, if you ask the French

  Are you a fan of the American Western? How do you think your taste might match a survey of French film critics? Though we mock their high regard for Jerry Lewis, let’s allow that France has a film history … Continue reading

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Ludlow Massacre or unhappy incident?

COLORADO COLLEGE- CC is holding a symposium on the 1914 Ludlow Massacre. Actually, it’s only called the Ludlow Symposium. True to Colorado Springs form, several among the audience want to call it an “incidence,” instead of a “massacre.” One of … Continue reading

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Buffalo Bill Lives at Fort Cody Nebraska

FT CODY, NEBRASKA- On I-80 as you pass North Platte, sits the Fort Cody Trading Post, home of the Free Buffalo Bill Museum Emporium. What had been the Ogallala, Neb, Sioux Trading Post, moved in 1969 to follow the travelers … Continue reading

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Denver Columbus Day Parade wants to kick indigenous ass

DENVER- Does it look like the COLUMBUS DAY PARADE organizers are practically begging for a comeuppance? Here comes the US cavalry of the American Indian Wars to finish the job Columbus began. On Columbus Day, the anniversary which has now … Continue reading

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Is it Rodeo time again? Damn…

Seems like only last year that somebody angrily was denouncing the contention that putting a pull-up cinch around the testicles of a bull in order to make him fight the rider more aggressively somehow causes PAIN to the animal. Ummm… … Continue reading

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Corral Bluffs safe from tire track erosion

COLORADO SPRINGS- El Paso County Board of Commissioners decided today not to pursue a proposed Corral Bluffs OHV park. Their reluctant vote followed a recommendation from El Paso Parks Department that the site would be inappropriate for motorcycle trails. Open … Continue reading

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No peacemakers without justice makers

The Peacemaker of the American west was a Colt 45. What does Peacemaker mean to you?   I’ll start. A peacemaker would be someone within a community, preferably a peer, who polices the activities between fellow members such as to … Continue reading

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Time Magazine banality of puff

Time magazine supports our troops. Even when they’re accused of wholesale slaughter, particularly the door to door execution of men women and children in Hadytha Iraq.

The ran a profile on one of the accused, a doe-eyed innocent, Sargeant X, who was speaking out “for the very first time.” Continue reading

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Animal cruelty at the rodeo

I just learned how they make horses and bulls jump up and down at the rodeo. I must admit I wondered why it was that the animals suddenly leaped about madly (bronc’d) after they got out of the gate and … Continue reading

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