Trump Administration “wiping out” Native military contributions from Federal websites

Joe Medicine Crow received the Presidential Medal of Freedom (the highest civilian honor awarded in the United States) from President Barack Obama on August 12, 2009.[14] During the White House ceremony, Obama referred to Medicine Crow as bacheitche, or a “good man,” in the Crow language. (Photo courtesy Wikipedia)

As recently reported by MTN Q2 news, the Trump administration has rolled back diversity, equity and inclusion content across military and government websites.

An example is the Crow Tribe, MT which last week saw the removal from webpages the contributions of Chief Joseph Medicine Crow. Medicine Crow was a significant figure celebrated for his military achievements and inter-cultural impact.  A public school in Billing is named in his honor.

Danetta Jan Half-holds is an audio technician at Little Big Horn College to help preserve the history of the Crow Tribe. “We’ve already endured so much,” she said. She, like most Native Americans, has many relatives who served in the military including her father; a son; brother and uncle who was wounded in Germany, WW11.

Additionally, several narratives concerning the Navajo code talkers have been omitted, along with a story about Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play in Major League Baseball and a World War II veteran.

Tom Bernardis, library director at Little Big Horn Community College was disgusted by these moves. “Are they just wiping the original inhabitants of this country off the face of the map?” he wonders.

On the other hand, Half-holds noted the importance of oral history. “That is how we learned, not from a book. And we are still here. We are not going anywhere.”

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