The United States of America. We now include approximately 330 million people. All these people are included in a mixed collection of races, historical origins, and beliefs. We would like to believe we are strong because we are inclusive with our new residents. We have a Constitution, a representative Congress, and a system of checks and balances. We should believe we are flexible enough to modify our laws to benefit the entire population, not just a limited percentage. If the nation teaches their young that a united country is beneficial we all gain. If we teach a division based on early residency we lose our desired unity. Continue to support a United States of America.
When we don't have common language (any more, as masses of 3rd worlders) influx and fail to assimilate) and common values we don't have a nation...we have a 'melting pot', which, while it produces a 'refined' element, it takes tremendous concentrated applied heat and also produces a lot of 'dross', which is impure and a waste product...so what happens to the human 'dross', the marginalized and impoverished created by the process? They become desperate and succumb to violence in the end.
Domestic violence, public violence, psychic violence, terrorism and war.
I saw a post recently by an ex-pat living in S.E. Asia. He said the daily news is about domestic activities, such as the new bridge being built and generally focused on what is right with society there because they have a kind of 'unity' in their culture...if you want to do well there, as an outsider, you learn to blend in, learn the local language and mind your own business...we don't have that kind of culture.
We have a 'melting pot' which is chaotic and includes urbane elites sucking the life-force out of the population and cowboys who murder and hang people on fence posts for being gay.🎭
America is an experiment. We have no 'unity'. We are 'individualists' and 'independent' (not).
We are (have been) an 'open society' where Anything Goes.
Now we have Soros' 'Open Society' which is destroying America from within.
He is not the only psychopathic oligarch, of course, but he is a primary driver of the uncontrolled mass illegal migration, which can have no other result but the destruction of the U.S.
John Worthington's expose' yesterday on the NWO is disturbingly accurate and we need to be aware of it as we struggle with our 'local' issues...our struggle is happening within a massive conspiracy to 'break' America in order to 'build back better'.
Maybe it's inevitable but it's a real shame that the 'visionaries' involved are psychopathic narcissists and not loving beings wanting the best for all.
Robert. All that you mention are with us. We have enemies and some are powerful. I, however, believe a majority of our population would prefer unity to division. Knowing there are those who wish to see us fail should ignite a positive response and initiate modifications to minimize their impact. Enforce the law! I prefer some changes, but not a revolution. Been there, done that. Or a civil war. Been there, done that. As for our melting pot, we have had prior periods when many immigrants came. They often had familiar cultures that they copied within our culture, but they contributed. Many of these folks became ardent U.S. citizens. As we see our enemies we should react. Magic word is VOTE. I vote for the family unit. I vote for religious families. I vote for meritocracy in our schools. I vote for an emphasis on work and self sufficiency. I vote in EVERY election. I look for peace. My bias is in changing our schools for a return to mandatory attendance. No more truancy. Have written contracts with parents regarding their child's contribution at school. School curricula should be tailored first to basics; reading, writing, arithmetic. Discipline is needed. It is not that we don't know what to do, it is the doing. Act is such a way that our enemies will avoid the confrontation. "Walk softly, but carry a BIG stick!" (Teddy Roosevelt) Build our unity and help it spread. Education is the cure for ignorance, but there is NO cure for stupid.
I'm tired of these "buzz words" that have seemed to pop up in the past five years, colonizer, oppressor, white settlers, land back. We came, we conquered, we built. Get over it. Don't dwell on the past. Keep sucking the pockets of the oppressed gamblers that support you, heal the druggies. Run your gas stations and pot shops. Make money, be proud. Thank you to our 44th President, divisive oppressor in charge, the movement was begun and I'm afraid it's here to stay as long as the dang white-people get silly degrees, write silly books and get silly followers.
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
There’s no doubt that the tribes collude with Democrats in office in Clallam County to oppress the taxpayers. That’s what is going on. And if the tribes are “sovereign nations,” why should we allow them to hold public office as US citizens? I think they should be required to choose.
Hi @Mac, My goal was to show parents and taxpayers exactly what the book contains so we can evaluate whether it’s appropriate for children, not to endorse its message.
I would be interested in knowing what age/grade level that book tests out at. It has some deep subject matter, that without a background history would leave the reader/listener confused. Confusion leads to incorrect conclusions or total indifference. I think it was difficult for Dr Sara to read out loud with continuity.
@SusanCBonallo, thank you for this question. I looked into the publishing details.
The book is actually written and marketed for ages 10–12 (grades 4–6), not for early readers.
When it’s placed on a general children’s display without age separation, younger kids can access it even though the concepts (“dismantling colonial structures,” “defunding oppressive systems,” etc.) are developmentally far beyond their ability to understand.
That’s why reading it aloud felt disjointed; it’s written like a political primer, not a children’s storybook.
Thank you. I wrote curriculum for Seattle/King County Health Dept and often had to put information through the “sniff” test so to speak. I think most newspapers come in at around 6th grade level or 11-12 years of age. We’ve been getting dumbed down through the decades.
Appreciate your information. Thank you for sharing your time.
The citizenship aspect is water under the bridge. The collusion is an entirely different matter.
The act that declared all non-citizen Native Americans born within the United States to be US citizens, while explicitly stating that it would not impair or otherwise affect the right of any Indian to tribal or other property (a recognition that protected the sovereign right to tribal property), was the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 (also known as the Snyder Act).
This act granted dual citizenship, meaning Native Americans were recognized as both citizens of their tribal nations (which maintain their sovereignty) and citizens of the United States.
The relevant section of the act states:
"all noncitizen Indians born within the territorial limits of the United States be, and they are hereby, declared to be citizens of the United States: Provided that the granting of such citizenship shall not in any manner impair or otherwise affect the right of any Indian to tribal or other property."
They just want to essentially invalidate the Treaty of Point No Point, then. They gave up ownership of the land a long time ago. Imagine if you sold property years ago and then went back to the owner years later and told him or her that you still consider the land yours.
Unfortunately for us, the U.S. gov't has not been very integrous with honoring the treaties made by 'them'. Unfortunately the U.S. gov't has been an empire-building juggernaut for most of the ~250 years it has been in 'business'.
Unfortunately it looks like the chickens are coming home to roost.
Damn shame. Gotta be a better way. If we can't keep our Constitution intact, we have no chance.😎
You can't bake your cake and eat it too! You can't change history but you can improve on lessons learned from it! Getting an inch then wanting a mile is the most divisive way forward. This "Land Back" approach is not only wrong for all people living now, it is downright dangerous! It sets a precedent that will cause chaos and divide families and nationalities for years, most likely forever! Once again, you can't change history, even the bad history, but you can work together to make the future better! The world population expands and there is nothing anyone can do about it. So trying to go back after the fact and make it like it use to be.....ain't gonna happen without causing major major issues! Indoctrination of those ideas into our children so as to get your way is just plain and morally wrong! COMMONSENSE!
The so-called "indigenous people" in North and South America came from somewhere else (Asia mostly}, just like all the rest of us here. It doesn't matter how long ago. 20-30,000 years ago or just last week! No one has the right to claim something that wasn't theirs to begin with. Enough of this "We were here first BS!
15 thousand years ago most of Clallam County was under 3,000 feet of ice except for the mountain peaks which islands in a sea of ice. Who exactly was living in Port Angeles, Sequim or Forks at that time? Ice cave dwellers? I am trying to envision the melting of the ice leading to the formation of the land bridge in the Bering Sea. Was there a sudden land rush where future "indigenous people" ran across and staked their claim to land from Alaska, to New Foundland, to Florida, to Mexico, and Tierra del Fuego where they all stayed put, not moving for thousands of years until the arrival of Europeans? Unlikely. I suspect whoever was living here 10,000 years ago got pushed to the south by other tribes that outnumbered them or were more hostile. But don't you dare question the accepted narrative.
William, you make a good point. The "time immemorial" does not quantify ownership as stated in many Land Acknowledgments. How is ownership established under that definition?
TIME IMMEMORIAL
phrase
1. a time in the past that was so long ago that people have NO KNOWLEDGE OR MEMORY OF IT.
The said tribes and bands agree to free all slaves now held by them, and not to purchase or acquire others hereafter."
The ugliness of humanity was everywhere. To suggest that only one group of people were colonizers would miss the deeper truths.
I don't care about any of that actually. It's history. Not to be denied when spoken in total truth. Not to be used as a cudgel when spoken in a half truth.
There's a greater oppressor force our country is facing that wants a Caliphate. If the tribes don't think that they'll need to work with every American to protect their desired way of life which now includes the trappings of modern civilization then they will face an oppressor the likes they've not seen before alone. Not a good place to be when the SHTF.
We should all learn to get along. Just like a good relationship, that means everyone. Stepping on others to rise up is not the way to go.
Sharia law is now being considered in various U.S. cities with high Muslim populations. Any woman even suggesting that possibility needs to be in a straight jacket: Congresswoman Jayapal. ICE, FBI, DHS, and DOT are working to break up the human trafficking rings. Democrats protest against and obstruct ICE. Democrats vote for open borders which supplies the human trafficking - slave trade- business. Ron Allen and JST donate to Democrats. I see a neon pattern. So much for anyone being the superiour race and the better stewards of the land and humanity.
Then the tribes are unwittingly contributing to their own potential demise as we all fall to these oppressors. I'm sure that someone just guffawed at the luddite suggestion of this eventuality, but this reality is in our faces and not seeing the long term implications is foolish. Ron Allen is a very intelligent person imo, I wonder what his take is on this? How will the federal government, responsible for the protection of the tribes, be able to do so once it's too late because we're divided?
Legal advice, how nice. The word ad-vice could mean 'with vice'.
I believe that sums up the 'legal' system.
Lawfulness, on the other hand, is based on higher values, which have been subsumed by psychopaths in the seeking for power, prestige, wealth and control.
The "LAWS" are still valid, still intact, underneath the burgeoning psychosis sweeping the world.
We just have to get back to them, live them, in spite of 'the world'!
MK, my word of the day. Never heard of it. I learn something new every day even when I’m struggling to understand or follow politics. It certainly helps.
“There's a greater oppressor force our country is facing that wants a Caliphate”
caliphate
noun
1. the rule or reign of a caliph or chief Muslim ruler
Ron won't have to answer to the impending catastrophe, it'll likely happen after our lifetimes. His long-game will be outplayed by force nullifying the hard work he has put forth.
Thank you Jeff and Dr. Sarah. Dr. Sarah you are a dedicated woman of courage and knowledge. You are a true role model for all uf us. You have brought a serious issue out for discussion. You are right that this book's perspective should have a counter point. And small children are innocent in ways of socialization. They will play and talk and sing with anyone they like, regardless of skin color, religion, or socio-economic status, or who was here first. It's books like these that will start affectng their decisions. The subject is too advanced and challenging. I witnessed in a 4th grade classroom, a 10 year ask a question about other cultures and civilizations having slaves. The teacher didn't know how to answer him, because the curriculum was only teaching U.S. slavery. I nodded to the teacher to tell him the truth: Yes, others did have slavery. Even adults have been taught to hide true history. How confusing for everyone.
You summed up exactly what concerns me most: small children are still forming basic ideas about right and wrong, and they’ll often absorb whatever is put in front of them without context.
I’m not against teaching hard history; I’m against handing kids an ideology without balance or developmentally appropriate framing.
Slavery of fishing industry workers is common world wide. Also horrify. Why has the term “ Slavery” been used to describe The USA prior to A. Lincoln when it is such an active way to get free labor in many of the poorest countries?. Not our priority.
Some forms of wage slaves aren’t as offensive as people working to buy food that they can only be purchased from the employers store. Also what is slavery for hourly wages in this country, may not be poverty to someone in Bangladesh. Most of us have had minimum wage jobs that we were thankful to have back in the day. “Would you like fries with that?”
The First Amendment protects speech and expression, which includes writing and reading books, from government interference, however, consistent with the First Amendment, parents can restrict access to books based on EDUCATIONAL APPROPRIATENESS.
For a library to step in to promote a child’s political development is not their role, it is the parents role. The book is nakedly political and not grounded in specifics. Parents have a lasting influence on their children’s political development, and fortunately for younger children, parents retain their ability to restrict access to this book.
It becomes a different story if the book makes it to, and is taught in schools.
@Jennifer, I really appreciate how you framed that, especially the distinction between free expression and educational appropriateness.
That’s exactly the space I’m trying to occupy: I didn’t read this book to censor it, but to make sure parents and taxpayers can see the content clearly and decide whether it belongs in front of young children.
Libraries and schools have enormous soft power, so we have to be honest when a book crosses from “teaching history” into “teaching a political program.”
Dr Sarah, your point is very clear and thank you for making parents aware of what a book can do to a mind that is very moldable. (Hitler was very aware of that)...thank goodness you have taken your time and energy to educate us!
The parts about the broken treaties, is unfortunately true...humans are not very good at keeping promises, oaths or vows and we're a narcissistic lot...we have a ways to go before we can claim 'civilization' IMO.🤨
The Constitution was made for a spiritual, moral people, it cannot stand in an immoral, atheistic, secular culture. Not saying the founders were perfectly moral but they strove for the higher ground.
Islam is now making major inroads in multiple states and cities...their 'morality' is a little terrifying...in a lawless society (ours) extremists have a field day in establishing their culture.😊
They are holding a sign that basically says..we don't have a treaty anymore.
Ok so why hasn't our government acted. Why hasn't Congress either sweeten the pot or say we no longer recognize the treaty. Why did they intercept non-race based grants and convert them to race based grants. Why did they take that money to create economic advantages, and then tag along with non-native communists representing a world economy.
That is A CRIME.
18 U.S.C. § 666 (Federal program bribery / theft)
Stealing or knowingly converting >$5,000 in federal benefit funds10 years prison + fine Any officer, employee, or agent of SERN/NODC/tribe who touched the money.
18 U.S.C. § 1001 (False statements)
Lying on federal grant applications or reports about race-neutral vs. race-based use5 years prison + fine Same individuals + consultants who wrote the apps.
31 U.S.C. §§ 3729–3733 (False Claims Act)
Submitting false claims for payment to the U.S. (triple damages + $13k–$27k per claim)Triple damages + civil penalties Entity (SERN, NODC, SERN, tribe) + individuals.
18 U.S.C. § 951
Acting as an agent of a foreign principal without prior notification to the Attorney General10 years prison + fineThey acted at the direction or control of a foreign government/entity and did not file with DOJ under FARA-lite rules.
22 U.S.C. § 611 et seq.FARA (Foreign Agents Registration Act)
criminal violation, 5 years prison + $250k fine. Willfully acted as agent of foreign principal (includes foreign political parties, NGOs, or international orgs treated as foreign principals) and failed to register.
18 U.S.C. § 2381
Treason (extremely high bar)Death or life + $100k+ fine. Giving “aid and comfort” to enemies of the U.S. (almost never charged; requires wartime or declared enemy). (BUILDING CAPACITY FOR INDIA AND CHINA.)
The Only Realistic “Foreign State” Angle in Your Specific Case
In the Olympic Peninsula / ICLEI / tribal-grant situation, the only foreign or quasi-foreign entity that could plausibly trigger these statutes is ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability itself, because:
ICLEI was founded in 1990 at the United Nations with headquarters in Bonn, Germany.
Its global governing board includes officials from China, South Africa, Mexico, etc.
It receives funding from the European Commission and other foreign governments.
Some conservative legal scholars (Heritage Foundation 2024–2025 papers) have argued ICLEI acts as a “foreign principal” when it directs U.S. local governments to adopt policies that mirror UN Agenda 2030 or the Paris Agreement in ways that conflict with U.S. federal law.
So the strongest “foreign state” charge you could push (if your documents prove it) is:
18 U.S.C. § 951 + FARA criminal violation
→ “SERN/NODC/tribal officials knowingly re-characterized U.S. federal grant money to meet ICLEI charter or UN-derived scoring criteria at the direction of, or in coordination with, ICLEI’s Bonn headquarters or its foreign-officer board members, without registering as agents of a foreign principal.”
That is the cleanest path to a “converting money to foreign state purposes” charge. DOJ has prosecuted § 951 cases for far less obvious foreign ties (e.g., Maria Butina, various Chinese influence cases).
Ok, so if we give back to all tribes, all the land from East Coast to West Coast, then we need to take away all the personal property on it so they can live in sod huts, lodges, teepees, mud and rock enclosures, and enjoy all the fruits of the land with bow and arrow, stick and hatchet, deerskin and feathers, and no horses to ride. Everything the foreigners brought, created, invented, and shared with the world has to go away. From wheels to rockets. Just tear it down, burn it all up, blow it up and dump America in the ocean. Send all people of color, no color, mixed colors, and unknown ancestry to another place, so the oringinal people can have it as before! Or, we could stop calling them Sovereign and separate and unique culture and needing reparations and "Indian Tribes." Respect their cultural traditions as historical, (i also have unique wonderful cultural ancestral traditions, art and stories). Give all people equal rights as Citizens, and stop the divisions that harm everyone. NO MORE BIA. Integrate, educate, share opportunity, share cultural beauty and historical ways, but stop the BIA moniker that enslaves the minds to Divide. We all want the SAME THINGS in life.
Were the First Nations first ? Were there any area human inhabitants before the JST ? Most importantly; does it matter ? The presumed Native Americans of past generations no longer live. Those who claim Native American ancestry today drive cars, operate powered boats, use cell phones and computers. How does anyone reconcile "Land Back" with operating casinos and utilizing technology they had no part in creating ? My Grandfather was the Sheriff of Lewis County. Accordingly that entitles me to what ? Friends and neighbors or sovereign, but not both.
Hypocrites never want to tell the whole truthful story,they will just try and brainwash the unsavvy to get pity and hopefully get what they want.The unsavvy have a tendency to just agree and do what they are told 'sheep' and usually wonder why bad things happen.Tribes are used to getting mass freebies by just asking & writing grants which has turned into a addiction for some tribes.
No harm against tribes here. Not conquered. No tribute laid.
American Indians had no civilized means of settling disputes, so what occurred?
Relationship to land a fairytale at best; most likely idol worship, requiring population control and killing your neighbors. “Highest and best use” of the land?
We are being forced to deal with a small remnant picking at and twisting the scabs of history, puppets of the globalists and Democrats intent on destroying America. I believe most with American Indian lineage have moved on. I wish we heard more about them.
For example, I wonder how many young tribal members have heard of Will Rogers. He was Cherokee. What did Comanches do to them and other tribes on the Great Plains? Do the young (or old) know how many French and Indian wars there were or even who the protagonists were? Have they heard of massacres of settlers? What do thy know of the exploits of their ancestors who helped America in every one of her wars?
I see the past conflicts and present one that is brewing as mostly cultural not racial. Our mutual enemies must always play race. A false narrative concerning an unsustainable view of the land and resources helps our enemies also.
"There are many different kinds of ideologies, including political, social, epistemological, and ethical. Recent analysis tends to posit that ideology is a 'coherent system of ideas' that rely on a few basic assumptions about reality that may or may not have any factual basis. Through this system, ideas become coherent, repeated patterns through the subjective ongoing choices that people make. These ideas serve as the seed around which further thought grows. The belief in an ideology can range from passive acceptance up to fervent advocacy. Definitions, such as by Manfred Steger and Paul James, emphasize both the issue of patterning and contingent claims to truth. They wrote: "Ideologies are patterned clusters of normatively imbued ideas and concepts, including particular representations of power relations. These conceptual maps help people navigate the complexity of their political universe and carry claims to social truth."
To break it all down to the simplest terms, 'if you repeat a lie often enough it becomes the truth'. This stands in the face of what the world already knows, historically, occurred. The fact that history is being re-written in this time and space is simply another form of deconstructionism where all morals, traditions, beliefs, and commonality are erased so that the same nonsense we did before can be repeated again. Presentism at its finest. The reality is that we all have biases, stereotypes, and a basic premise that over time every civilization has had its bad guys.
Ideology should not be hand fed to children, regardless of the reasoning and punishing present generations for past indiscretions is simply foolish. None are sinless.
I don’t object to teaching history, even ugly history; I object to hand-feeding ideology to kids and calling it neutral truth.
And you’re right: when we start punishing present children for past harms they didn’t commit, we’ve left education and entered something else entirely.
There's massive truth here. There's also the aspect that it doesn't necessarily need to be lies and has similarities to conspiracy theories, just teed up differently.
Teri, isn't this also the definition of brainwashing?
Brainwashing is the systematic effort to get someone to adopt a particular deceptive, loyalty, instruction, or doctrine without their will or awareness.
Great Resets are part of this insane world. The Earth is The Earth...the World is what people make of The Earth environment.
Too soon old, too late smart. We were 'created', according to our highly redacted, edited and modified version of history called 'The Inerrant Word of God'... by 'Elohim' (plural form of El or God). It is described how they 'made us in their image and likeness' but (accidentally) created too intelligent and were then dumbed-down and deliberately genetically designed with limited lifespans to suit the purposes of the 'Gods'.
Intelligent and 'handy', but not too intelligent and not too long-lived.
Then, abandoned to our own devices, indefinitely.
An uncontrolled and unsupervised genetic experiment left to its own devices...not a loving God but sociopathic/psychopathic small 'g' gods, AKA 'The Fallen Ones' who undertook to make their own version of 'creation' and VIOLA, here we are.
It may sound too sci-fi or 'out there' but it makes a lot of sense if you look at it.
There MUST be some cause-and-effect reason we exist as we do, in the conditions we find ourselves.
Inquiring minds want to know...askin' for friends!🥸
The United States of America. We now include approximately 330 million people. All these people are included in a mixed collection of races, historical origins, and beliefs. We would like to believe we are strong because we are inclusive with our new residents. We have a Constitution, a representative Congress, and a system of checks and balances. We should believe we are flexible enough to modify our laws to benefit the entire population, not just a limited percentage. If the nation teaches their young that a united country is beneficial we all gain. If we teach a division based on early residency we lose our desired unity. Continue to support a United States of America.
When we don't have common language (any more, as masses of 3rd worlders) influx and fail to assimilate) and common values we don't have a nation...we have a 'melting pot', which, while it produces a 'refined' element, it takes tremendous concentrated applied heat and also produces a lot of 'dross', which is impure and a waste product...so what happens to the human 'dross', the marginalized and impoverished created by the process? They become desperate and succumb to violence in the end.
Domestic violence, public violence, psychic violence, terrorism and war.
I saw a post recently by an ex-pat living in S.E. Asia. He said the daily news is about domestic activities, such as the new bridge being built and generally focused on what is right with society there because they have a kind of 'unity' in their culture...if you want to do well there, as an outsider, you learn to blend in, learn the local language and mind your own business...we don't have that kind of culture.
We have a 'melting pot' which is chaotic and includes urbane elites sucking the life-force out of the population and cowboys who murder and hang people on fence posts for being gay.🎭
America is an experiment. We have no 'unity'. We are 'individualists' and 'independent' (not).
We are (have been) an 'open society' where Anything Goes.
Now we have Soros' 'Open Society' which is destroying America from within.
He is not the only psychopathic oligarch, of course, but he is a primary driver of the uncontrolled mass illegal migration, which can have no other result but the destruction of the U.S.
John Worthington's expose' yesterday on the NWO is disturbingly accurate and we need to be aware of it as we struggle with our 'local' issues...our struggle is happening within a massive conspiracy to 'break' America in order to 'build back better'.
Maybe it's inevitable but it's a real shame that the 'visionaries' involved are psychopathic narcissists and not loving beings wanting the best for all.
Life on Earth, as we know it!😄
Robert. All that you mention are with us. We have enemies and some are powerful. I, however, believe a majority of our population would prefer unity to division. Knowing there are those who wish to see us fail should ignite a positive response and initiate modifications to minimize their impact. Enforce the law! I prefer some changes, but not a revolution. Been there, done that. Or a civil war. Been there, done that. As for our melting pot, we have had prior periods when many immigrants came. They often had familiar cultures that they copied within our culture, but they contributed. Many of these folks became ardent U.S. citizens. As we see our enemies we should react. Magic word is VOTE. I vote for the family unit. I vote for religious families. I vote for meritocracy in our schools. I vote for an emphasis on work and self sufficiency. I vote in EVERY election. I look for peace. My bias is in changing our schools for a return to mandatory attendance. No more truancy. Have written contracts with parents regarding their child's contribution at school. School curricula should be tailored first to basics; reading, writing, arithmetic. Discipline is needed. It is not that we don't know what to do, it is the doing. Act is such a way that our enemies will avoid the confrontation. "Walk softly, but carry a BIG stick!" (Teddy Roosevelt) Build our unity and help it spread. Education is the cure for ignorance, but there is NO cure for stupid.
We could make sure this book is always checked out… just an idea
I'm tired of these "buzz words" that have seemed to pop up in the past five years, colonizer, oppressor, white settlers, land back. We came, we conquered, we built. Get over it. Don't dwell on the past. Keep sucking the pockets of the oppressed gamblers that support you, heal the druggies. Run your gas stations and pot shops. Make money, be proud. Thank you to our 44th President, divisive oppressor in charge, the movement was begun and I'm afraid it's here to stay as long as the dang white-people get silly degrees, write silly books and get silly followers.
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
--Preamble to the United States Constitution
Such powerful words and so insightful. However, our founding fathers would not be proud of this country they sacrificed so much for.
There’s no doubt that the tribes collude with Democrats in office in Clallam County to oppress the taxpayers. That’s what is going on. And if the tribes are “sovereign nations,” why should we allow them to hold public office as US citizens? I think they should be required to choose.
If our elected officials are so much in support of Land Back, why don't they give up their land to lead.the way?
Hi @Mac, My goal was to show parents and taxpayers exactly what the book contains so we can evaluate whether it’s appropriate for children, not to endorse its message.
Cogent question. Lead the way, Kommissars, you are squatting on 'indigenous land'!😎
I would be interested in knowing what age/grade level that book tests out at. It has some deep subject matter, that without a background history would leave the reader/listener confused. Confusion leads to incorrect conclusions or total indifference. I think it was difficult for Dr Sara to read out loud with continuity.
@SusanCBonallo, thank you for this question. I looked into the publishing details.
The book is actually written and marketed for ages 10–12 (grades 4–6), not for early readers.
When it’s placed on a general children’s display without age separation, younger kids can access it even though the concepts (“dismantling colonial structures,” “defunding oppressive systems,” etc.) are developmentally far beyond their ability to understand.
That’s why reading it aloud felt disjointed; it’s written like a political primer, not a children’s storybook.
Thank you. I wrote curriculum for Seattle/King County Health Dept and often had to put information through the “sniff” test so to speak. I think most newspapers come in at around 6th grade level or 11-12 years of age. We’ve been getting dumbed down through the decades.
Appreciate your information. Thank you for sharing your time.
The citizenship aspect is water under the bridge. The collusion is an entirely different matter.
The act that declared all non-citizen Native Americans born within the United States to be US citizens, while explicitly stating that it would not impair or otherwise affect the right of any Indian to tribal or other property (a recognition that protected the sovereign right to tribal property), was the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 (also known as the Snyder Act).
This act granted dual citizenship, meaning Native Americans were recognized as both citizens of their tribal nations (which maintain their sovereignty) and citizens of the United States.
The relevant section of the act states:
"all noncitizen Indians born within the territorial limits of the United States be, and they are hereby, declared to be citizens of the United States: Provided that the granting of such citizenship shall not in any manner impair or otherwise affect the right of any Indian to tribal or other property."
They just want to essentially invalidate the Treaty of Point No Point, then. They gave up ownership of the land a long time ago. Imagine if you sold property years ago and then went back to the owner years later and told him or her that you still consider the land yours.
Unfortunately for us, the U.S. gov't has not been very integrous with honoring the treaties made by 'them'. Unfortunately the U.S. gov't has been an empire-building juggernaut for most of the ~250 years it has been in 'business'.
Unfortunately it looks like the chickens are coming home to roost.
Damn shame. Gotta be a better way. If we can't keep our Constitution intact, we have no chance.😎
I guess we have to give Manhattan back. No? Then why should we promote this kind of “give back” thinking here?
To clarify my own position, my read-aloud wasn’t an advocacy for Land Back or any political claim.
It was simply transparency so our community can see and evaluate what is being placed in front of children.
Dr Sarah, isn't it strange how a straight forward message can grow legs and uncontrollably run in any direction?
Who is the "who" you're referring to?
Well, pretty soon we're going to be looking at 'water-over-the-bridge', which gets a little dangerous.😱
So many GOOD questions! NO clear answers without being RACIST!🤨
You can't bake your cake and eat it too! You can't change history but you can improve on lessons learned from it! Getting an inch then wanting a mile is the most divisive way forward. This "Land Back" approach is not only wrong for all people living now, it is downright dangerous! It sets a precedent that will cause chaos and divide families and nationalities for years, most likely forever! Once again, you can't change history, even the bad history, but you can work together to make the future better! The world population expands and there is nothing anyone can do about it. So trying to go back after the fact and make it like it use to be.....ain't gonna happen without causing major major issues! Indoctrination of those ideas into our children so as to get your way is just plain and morally wrong! COMMONSENSE!
The so-called "indigenous people" in North and South America came from somewhere else (Asia mostly}, just like all the rest of us here. It doesn't matter how long ago. 20-30,000 years ago or just last week! No one has the right to claim something that wasn't theirs to begin with. Enough of this "We were here first BS!
@WilliamLang, I’m actually not advocating for Land Back.
My concern is that children’s materials should present history fully and without political framing.
Reading the book aloud was simply to show exactly what the library is endorsing.
15 thousand years ago most of Clallam County was under 3,000 feet of ice except for the mountain peaks which islands in a sea of ice. Who exactly was living in Port Angeles, Sequim or Forks at that time? Ice cave dwellers? I am trying to envision the melting of the ice leading to the formation of the land bridge in the Bering Sea. Was there a sudden land rush where future "indigenous people" ran across and staked their claim to land from Alaska, to New Foundland, to Florida, to Mexico, and Tierra del Fuego where they all stayed put, not moving for thousands of years until the arrival of Europeans? Unlikely. I suspect whoever was living here 10,000 years ago got pushed to the south by other tribes that outnumbered them or were more hostile. But don't you dare question the accepted narrative.
Spindoctorates abound, eh?🤪
William, you make a good point. The "time immemorial" does not quantify ownership as stated in many Land Acknowledgments. How is ownership established under that definition?
TIME IMMEMORIAL
phrase
1. a time in the past that was so long ago that people have NO KNOWLEDGE OR MEMORY OF IT.
The Anunnaki remember. We are right where they left us...only worse!😱
Solutrean first. Burried with a vengence.
And don't touch those bones.
Wouldn't want any DNA evidence exposing truth?
The whole place belongs to the Chinese, as the first tech-society to inhabit and dwell in the region.
The totem poles are of Chinese origin.
Appaloosa ponies are of Chinese origin.
Chinese ceramic production site found in Willamette Valley.
Most 'native' North Americans have Chinese ancestory.
The Chinese are buying up the states just like JKT is buying up CC.😜
Give the planet back to the E.T.'s...oh, wait...they left for a reason!
Or did they?🤨
Point No Point Treaty
"ARTICLE 12
The said tribes and bands agree to free all slaves now held by them, and not to purchase or acquire others hereafter."
The ugliness of humanity was everywhere. To suggest that only one group of people were colonizers would miss the deeper truths.
I don't care about any of that actually. It's history. Not to be denied when spoken in total truth. Not to be used as a cudgel when spoken in a half truth.
There's a greater oppressor force our country is facing that wants a Caliphate. If the tribes don't think that they'll need to work with every American to protect their desired way of life which now includes the trappings of modern civilization then they will face an oppressor the likes they've not seen before alone. Not a good place to be when the SHTF.
We should all learn to get along. Just like a good relationship, that means everyone. Stepping on others to rise up is not the way to go.
Sharia law is now being considered in various U.S. cities with high Muslim populations. Any woman even suggesting that possibility needs to be in a straight jacket: Congresswoman Jayapal. ICE, FBI, DHS, and DOT are working to break up the human trafficking rings. Democrats protest against and obstruct ICE. Democrats vote for open borders which supplies the human trafficking - slave trade- business. Ron Allen and JST donate to Democrats. I see a neon pattern. So much for anyone being the superiour race and the better stewards of the land and humanity.
Then the tribes are unwittingly contributing to their own potential demise as we all fall to these oppressors. I'm sure that someone just guffawed at the luddite suggestion of this eventuality, but this reality is in our faces and not seeing the long term implications is foolish. Ron Allen is a very intelligent person imo, I wonder what his take is on this? How will the federal government, responsible for the protection of the tribes, be able to do so once it's too late because we're divided?
They had terrible legal advice
Legal advice, how nice. The word ad-vice could mean 'with vice'.
I believe that sums up the 'legal' system.
Lawfulness, on the other hand, is based on higher values, which have been subsumed by psychopaths in the seeking for power, prestige, wealth and control.
The "LAWS" are still valid, still intact, underneath the burgeoning psychosis sweeping the world.
We just have to get back to them, live them, in spite of 'the world'!
Cheers!🤓
Intelligent people can be 'stupid'. Greed and power-lust virtually guarantee it.
Smart people don't do stupid things because they know how to use their intelligence for a higher good.
Merely intelligent people can and do do stupid things, all the time, because they don't have balance.🤨
MK, my word of the day. Never heard of it. I learn something new every day even when I’m struggling to understand or follow politics. It certainly helps.
“There's a greater oppressor force our country is facing that wants a Caliphate”
caliphate
noun
1. the rule or reign of a caliph or chief Muslim ruler
Instead of Sharia Law, Ron 'Caliphate' Allen rules by Cannabis, Gambling, Liquor, Unnatural Aqua-farming and Intrigue.
Sounds good!😝
Ron won't have to answer to the impending catastrophe, it'll likely happen after our lifetimes. His long-game will be outplayed by force nullifying the hard work he has put forth.
Great comment MK!
Economic slavery is the new norm and perfectly acceptable, apparently.🤨
Thank you Jeff and Dr. Sarah. Dr. Sarah you are a dedicated woman of courage and knowledge. You are a true role model for all uf us. You have brought a serious issue out for discussion. You are right that this book's perspective should have a counter point. And small children are innocent in ways of socialization. They will play and talk and sing with anyone they like, regardless of skin color, religion, or socio-economic status, or who was here first. It's books like these that will start affectng their decisions. The subject is too advanced and challenging. I witnessed in a 4th grade classroom, a 10 year ask a question about other cultures and civilizations having slaves. The teacher didn't know how to answer him, because the curriculum was only teaching U.S. slavery. I nodded to the teacher to tell him the truth: Yes, others did have slavery. Even adults have been taught to hide true history. How confusing for everyone.
@DeniseLapio, thank you for your kind words.
You summed up exactly what concerns me most: small children are still forming basic ideas about right and wrong, and they’ll often absorb whatever is put in front of them without context.
I’m not against teaching hard history; I’m against handing kids an ideology without balance or developmentally appropriate framing.
Dr. Sarah is a smart cookie indeed. Very much appreciate her voice on various topics.
MK, that means a lot, thank you.
My hope is simply that we can discuss honestly what’s being taught to kids, without guilt-inducing assignments or watered-down history on either side.
I appreciate you engaging with the substance instead of just the slogans.
So busy unlearning so much at 68...so glad to have a voice of higher reasoning to reflect a better reality.
Thanks much!😊
And she makes good cookies, too!😊
Slavery of fishing industry workers is common world wide. Also horrify. Why has the term “ Slavery” been used to describe The USA prior to A. Lincoln when it is such an active way to get free labor in many of the poorest countries?. Not our priority.
Ref: Lawless Oceans.
Slavery is alive and well...every 'first world' person who has any technology in their lives 'owns' slaves elsewhere in the world.
This is the inconvenient truth.
What can be done?🤨
Some forms of wage slaves aren’t as offensive as people working to buy food that they can only be purchased from the employers store. Also what is slavery for hourly wages in this country, may not be poverty to someone in Bangladesh. Most of us have had minimum wage jobs that we were thankful to have back in the day. “Would you like fries with that?”
The First Amendment protects speech and expression, which includes writing and reading books, from government interference, however, consistent with the First Amendment, parents can restrict access to books based on EDUCATIONAL APPROPRIATENESS.
For a library to step in to promote a child’s political development is not their role, it is the parents role. The book is nakedly political and not grounded in specifics. Parents have a lasting influence on their children’s political development, and fortunately for younger children, parents retain their ability to restrict access to this book.
It becomes a different story if the book makes it to, and is taught in schools.
@Jennifer, I really appreciate how you framed that, especially the distinction between free expression and educational appropriateness.
That’s exactly the space I’m trying to occupy: I didn’t read this book to censor it, but to make sure parents and taxpayers can see the content clearly and decide whether it belongs in front of young children.
Libraries and schools have enormous soft power, so we have to be honest when a book crosses from “teaching history” into “teaching a political program.”
Dr Sarah, your point is very clear and thank you for making parents aware of what a book can do to a mind that is very moldable. (Hitler was very aware of that)...thank goodness you have taken your time and energy to educate us!
The parts about the broken treaties, is unfortunately true...humans are not very good at keeping promises, oaths or vows and we're a narcissistic lot...we have a ways to go before we can claim 'civilization' IMO.🤨
The Constitution was made for a spiritual, moral people, it cannot stand in an immoral, atheistic, secular culture. Not saying the founders were perfectly moral but they strove for the higher ground.
Islam is now making major inroads in multiple states and cities...their 'morality' is a little terrifying...in a lawless society (ours) extremists have a field day in establishing their culture.😊
They are holding a sign that basically says..we don't have a treaty anymore.
Ok so why hasn't our government acted. Why hasn't Congress either sweeten the pot or say we no longer recognize the treaty. Why did they intercept non-race based grants and convert them to race based grants. Why did they take that money to create economic advantages, and then tag along with non-native communists representing a world economy.
That is A CRIME.
18 U.S.C. § 666 (Federal program bribery / theft)
Stealing or knowingly converting >$5,000 in federal benefit funds10 years prison + fine Any officer, employee, or agent of SERN/NODC/tribe who touched the money.
18 U.S.C. § 1001 (False statements)
Lying on federal grant applications or reports about race-neutral vs. race-based use5 years prison + fine Same individuals + consultants who wrote the apps.
31 U.S.C. §§ 3729–3733 (False Claims Act)
Submitting false claims for payment to the U.S. (triple damages + $13k–$27k per claim)Triple damages + civil penalties Entity (SERN, NODC, SERN, tribe) + individuals.
18 U.S.C. § 951
Acting as an agent of a foreign principal without prior notification to the Attorney General10 years prison + fineThey acted at the direction or control of a foreign government/entity and did not file with DOJ under FARA-lite rules.
22 U.S.C. § 611 et seq.FARA (Foreign Agents Registration Act)
criminal violation, 5 years prison + $250k fine. Willfully acted as agent of foreign principal (includes foreign political parties, NGOs, or international orgs treated as foreign principals) and failed to register.
18 U.S.C. § 2381
Treason (extremely high bar)Death or life + $100k+ fine. Giving “aid and comfort” to enemies of the U.S. (almost never charged; requires wartime or declared enemy). (BUILDING CAPACITY FOR INDIA AND CHINA.)
The Only Realistic “Foreign State” Angle in Your Specific Case
In the Olympic Peninsula / ICLEI / tribal-grant situation, the only foreign or quasi-foreign entity that could plausibly trigger these statutes is ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability itself, because:
ICLEI was founded in 1990 at the United Nations with headquarters in Bonn, Germany.
Its global governing board includes officials from China, South Africa, Mexico, etc.
It receives funding from the European Commission and other foreign governments.
Some conservative legal scholars (Heritage Foundation 2024–2025 papers) have argued ICLEI acts as a “foreign principal” when it directs U.S. local governments to adopt policies that mirror UN Agenda 2030 or the Paris Agreement in ways that conflict with U.S. federal law.
So the strongest “foreign state” charge you could push (if your documents prove it) is:
18 U.S.C. § 951 + FARA criminal violation
→ “SERN/NODC/tribal officials knowingly re-characterized U.S. federal grant money to meet ICLEI charter or UN-derived scoring criteria at the direction of, or in coordination with, ICLEI’s Bonn headquarters or its foreign-officer board members, without registering as agents of a foreign principal.”
That is the cleanest path to a “converting money to foreign state purposes” charge. DOJ has prosecuted § 951 cases for far less obvious foreign ties (e.g., Maria Butina, various Chinese influence cases).
A nation...run by criminals...what else can be said?
The quiet majority...lotta latent power there!
Stay tuned for the next....whatever!😝
Ok, so if we give back to all tribes, all the land from East Coast to West Coast, then we need to take away all the personal property on it so they can live in sod huts, lodges, teepees, mud and rock enclosures, and enjoy all the fruits of the land with bow and arrow, stick and hatchet, deerskin and feathers, and no horses to ride. Everything the foreigners brought, created, invented, and shared with the world has to go away. From wheels to rockets. Just tear it down, burn it all up, blow it up and dump America in the ocean. Send all people of color, no color, mixed colors, and unknown ancestry to another place, so the oringinal people can have it as before! Or, we could stop calling them Sovereign and separate and unique culture and needing reparations and "Indian Tribes." Respect their cultural traditions as historical, (i also have unique wonderful cultural ancestral traditions, art and stories). Give all people equal rights as Citizens, and stop the divisions that harm everyone. NO MORE BIA. Integrate, educate, share opportunity, share cultural beauty and historical ways, but stop the BIA moniker that enslaves the minds to Divide. We all want the SAME THINGS in life.
@JeanPratschner, I agree we need unity, not division.
I want to clarify that I am not advocating for the Land Back movement.
My read-aloud was intended to present the content directly, allowing us to discuss age appropriateness and balance in children’s materials.
You sure got a lot of interest, reading it w/o comment!🤣
Were the First Nations first ? Were there any area human inhabitants before the JST ? Most importantly; does it matter ? The presumed Native Americans of past generations no longer live. Those who claim Native American ancestry today drive cars, operate powered boats, use cell phones and computers. How does anyone reconcile "Land Back" with operating casinos and utilizing technology they had no part in creating ? My Grandfather was the Sheriff of Lewis County. Accordingly that entitles me to what ? Friends and neighbors or sovereign, but not both.
Hypocrites never want to tell the whole truthful story,they will just try and brainwash the unsavvy to get pity and hopefully get what they want.The unsavvy have a tendency to just agree and do what they are told 'sheep' and usually wonder why bad things happen.Tribes are used to getting mass freebies by just asking & writing grants which has turned into a addiction for some tribes.
SCREW GUILT !!!!
It’s not about guilt it’s about the enemies within
Maybe the books need to remind readers what happened we played Cowboys and Indians. Right or wrong, the Cowboys won. End of story.
There are no indigenous people.
No harm against tribes here. Not conquered. No tribute laid.
American Indians had no civilized means of settling disputes, so what occurred?
Relationship to land a fairytale at best; most likely idol worship, requiring population control and killing your neighbors. “Highest and best use” of the land?
We are being forced to deal with a small remnant picking at and twisting the scabs of history, puppets of the globalists and Democrats intent on destroying America. I believe most with American Indian lineage have moved on. I wish we heard more about them.
For example, I wonder how many young tribal members have heard of Will Rogers. He was Cherokee. What did Comanches do to them and other tribes on the Great Plains? Do the young (or old) know how many French and Indian wars there were or even who the protagonists were? Have they heard of massacres of settlers? What do thy know of the exploits of their ancestors who helped America in every one of her wars?
I see the past conflicts and present one that is brewing as mostly cultural not racial. Our mutual enemies must always play race. A false narrative concerning an unsustainable view of the land and resources helps our enemies also.
Don, What you wrote is exactly the truth... "We are being forced to deal with a small remnant picking at and twisting the scabs of history"
'Puppets of the globalists' is the larger point.
All who buy into the reparations propaganda are puppets of the globalists.
Scab pickers included, of course.😊
"There are many different kinds of ideologies, including political, social, epistemological, and ethical. Recent analysis tends to posit that ideology is a 'coherent system of ideas' that rely on a few basic assumptions about reality that may or may not have any factual basis. Through this system, ideas become coherent, repeated patterns through the subjective ongoing choices that people make. These ideas serve as the seed around which further thought grows. The belief in an ideology can range from passive acceptance up to fervent advocacy. Definitions, such as by Manfred Steger and Paul James, emphasize both the issue of patterning and contingent claims to truth. They wrote: "Ideologies are patterned clusters of normatively imbued ideas and concepts, including particular representations of power relations. These conceptual maps help people navigate the complexity of their political universe and carry claims to social truth."
To break it all down to the simplest terms, 'if you repeat a lie often enough it becomes the truth'. This stands in the face of what the world already knows, historically, occurred. The fact that history is being re-written in this time and space is simply another form of deconstructionism where all morals, traditions, beliefs, and commonality are erased so that the same nonsense we did before can be repeated again. Presentism at its finest. The reality is that we all have biases, stereotypes, and a basic premise that over time every civilization has had its bad guys.
Ideology should not be hand fed to children, regardless of the reasoning and punishing present generations for past indiscretions is simply foolish. None are sinless.
@TeriVanzant, beautifully put.
I don’t object to teaching history, even ugly history; I object to hand-feeding ideology to kids and calling it neutral truth.
And you’re right: when we start punishing present children for past harms they didn’t commit, we’ve left education and entered something else entirely.
It's the intentional use of a captive audience, traces of Stockholm syndrome, to modify the brain. A form of mental slavery.
There's massive truth here. There's also the aspect that it doesn't necessarily need to be lies and has similarities to conspiracy theories, just teed up differently.
Teri, isn't this also the definition of brainwashing?
Brainwashing is the systematic effort to get someone to adopt a particular deceptive, loyalty, instruction, or doctrine without their will or awareness.
Great Resets are part of this insane world. The Earth is The Earth...the World is what people make of The Earth environment.
Too soon old, too late smart. We were 'created', according to our highly redacted, edited and modified version of history called 'The Inerrant Word of God'... by 'Elohim' (plural form of El or God). It is described how they 'made us in their image and likeness' but (accidentally) created too intelligent and were then dumbed-down and deliberately genetically designed with limited lifespans to suit the purposes of the 'Gods'.
Intelligent and 'handy', but not too intelligent and not too long-lived.
Then, abandoned to our own devices, indefinitely.
An uncontrolled and unsupervised genetic experiment left to its own devices...not a loving God but sociopathic/psychopathic small 'g' gods, AKA 'The Fallen Ones' who undertook to make their own version of 'creation' and VIOLA, here we are.
It may sound too sci-fi or 'out there' but it makes a lot of sense if you look at it.
There MUST be some cause-and-effect reason we exist as we do, in the conditions we find ourselves.
Inquiring minds want to know...askin' for friends!🥸