Post by aneaglesangel on Mar 23, 2010 11:51:03 GMT -5
Our good friend, Audrey, pointed this out to me. I'm not sure what I think of it. I think it's good to remember what happened here and bring awareness, but not at the expense of teaching people it's ok to kill others if they're different. That seems to be the point of this game. Kill the other race and you win the game?? Where is the history lesson in that? Though, it seems history does repeat itself, we've killed other races many times in history, just because they were different!
Journal / Barbara Polichetti
PROVIDENCE — Concerned about stereotypes and cultural misunderstandings, New England tribal members Saturday urged educators to include more Native American history in their high school and college classes.
“There are still people who believe the East Coast Indians no longer exist,” said Rhode Island College anthropology Prof. Julianne Jennings, a member of the Nottoway Cheroenhaka tribe.
“This is a call to the New England community to begin some real dialogue … around Native New England history and culture in the classroom.”
Jennings and others spoke at a two-hour “Gathering of Nations” on South Main Street. According to Jennings, Rhode Island colonists used the waterfront site to ship Indian prisoners to the West Indies, where they were sold as slaves.
A recent flap over a proposed board game, called “King Philip’s War,” sparked the protest.
But it soon broadened into a call for greater sensitivity in dealing with Native American history and issues, Jennings said.
The game, developed by Multi-Man Publishing in Millersville, Md., allows players to defeat Colonial or Indian forces in “a momentous example of New England frontier savagery,” according to the company’s Web site.
It features a map of Colonial New England, dice and historic figures from the 14-month-long conflict, including King Philip or Metacomet, sachem of the Wampanoag Indian tribe, and Indian fighter and Little Compton resident Benjamin Church.
The publisher is seeking 500 preorders before it releases the game. Company officials say the game offers players a look at a history few know. The designer, John Poniske, says it is based on careful research and offers a “balanced overview” of the conflict.
But tribal leaders want the company to scrap the game.
More than 5,000 people died in the 17th-century battle, most of them Indians. Half of New England’s towns were burned or pillaged. King Philip was drawn, quartered and beheaded, and some Indian captives were shipped to the Caribbean as slaves.
“Massasoit and King Philip –– they are my ancestors,” said Wilfred Greene, chief of the Wampanoag Nation’s Seaconke Indian tribe. “We suffered a terrible injustice and it’s still going on. This game promotes hatred among different ethnic groups and races.”
In a release last week, Nives Filice, interim chairman of the St. David’s Islanders and Native Community in Bermuda, urged MMP to reconsider.
“Our ancestors were brought to Bermuda as slaves as a result of this war and a game that glamorizes such atrocities is extremely offensive,” Filice said.
www.projo.com/news/content/INDIAN_GAME_PROTEST_03-21-10_H3HQ6BN_v13.31be955.html
www.multimanpublishing.com/contact.php
Journal / Barbara Polichetti
PROVIDENCE — Concerned about stereotypes and cultural misunderstandings, New England tribal members Saturday urged educators to include more Native American history in their high school and college classes.
“There are still people who believe the East Coast Indians no longer exist,” said Rhode Island College anthropology Prof. Julianne Jennings, a member of the Nottoway Cheroenhaka tribe.
“This is a call to the New England community to begin some real dialogue … around Native New England history and culture in the classroom.”
Jennings and others spoke at a two-hour “Gathering of Nations” on South Main Street. According to Jennings, Rhode Island colonists used the waterfront site to ship Indian prisoners to the West Indies, where they were sold as slaves.
A recent flap over a proposed board game, called “King Philip’s War,” sparked the protest.
But it soon broadened into a call for greater sensitivity in dealing with Native American history and issues, Jennings said.
The game, developed by Multi-Man Publishing in Millersville, Md., allows players to defeat Colonial or Indian forces in “a momentous example of New England frontier savagery,” according to the company’s Web site.
It features a map of Colonial New England, dice and historic figures from the 14-month-long conflict, including King Philip or Metacomet, sachem of the Wampanoag Indian tribe, and Indian fighter and Little Compton resident Benjamin Church.
The publisher is seeking 500 preorders before it releases the game. Company officials say the game offers players a look at a history few know. The designer, John Poniske, says it is based on careful research and offers a “balanced overview” of the conflict.
But tribal leaders want the company to scrap the game.
More than 5,000 people died in the 17th-century battle, most of them Indians. Half of New England’s towns were burned or pillaged. King Philip was drawn, quartered and beheaded, and some Indian captives were shipped to the Caribbean as slaves.
“Massasoit and King Philip –– they are my ancestors,” said Wilfred Greene, chief of the Wampanoag Nation’s Seaconke Indian tribe. “We suffered a terrible injustice and it’s still going on. This game promotes hatred among different ethnic groups and races.”
In a release last week, Nives Filice, interim chairman of the St. David’s Islanders and Native Community in Bermuda, urged MMP to reconsider.
“Our ancestors were brought to Bermuda as slaves as a result of this war and a game that glamorizes such atrocities is extremely offensive,” Filice said.
www.projo.com/news/content/INDIAN_GAME_PROTEST_03-21-10_H3HQ6BN_v13.31be955.html
www.multimanpublishing.com/contact.php
