How we might learn about the relational plight of indigenous people and the American buffalo?
How might we understand the spiritual depravity that decimated this relationship?
I watched Ken Burns documentary about the demise of the buffalo, the genocides of indigenous people, and the cultural indoctrination and abuses of their children. A heart-retching account of spiritual depravity.
How can the supreme arrogance of cultural hubris be devoid of sacred spirituality?
For thousands of generations, indigenous people lived alongside buffalo who relied on them for food and shelter. They respected and revered the buffalo.
An estimated population of 30 million buffalo declined to near extinction over 100 years for reasons described in the documentary.
Watching this documentary triggered an emotional memory of lines from a song that I heard in the 1969-70.
“I hate the white, and the white man who set him loose.”
“I hate the white man in his ever plastic excuse.”