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Similar thing going on with the Navajo and xeroderma pigmentosum: http://archive.pov.org/blog/pressroom/2012/06/sun-kissed-premieres-on-pov/ http://archive.pov

Similar thing going on with the Navajo and xeroderma pigmentosum: http://archive.pov.org/blog/pressroom/2012/06/sun-kissed-premieres-on-pov/ http://archive.pov.org/blog/pressroom/2012/06/sun-kissed-pre... Attributed to gene-pool shrinkage and/or ancestry mix-ups arising from the "trail of tears."

protomyth 7y ago
Don't you mean the Long Walk?
- jstewartmobile 7y ago
  Why y'all downvoting this man? He's right.
  - protomyth 7y ago
    The full reference is https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Walk_of_the_Navajo https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Walk_of_the_Navajo The Trail of Tears https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trail_of_Tears https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trail_of_Tears was other tribes such as the Cherokee, Muscogee (Creek), Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw nations. It still amazes me that my most down-voted posts are about Native American facts.
    - gamegoblin 7y ago
      I assume most downvoters (not having heard of the Navajo event) thought you were making an inappropriate joke referencing the Stephen King novel of the same name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Long_Walk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Long_Walk
      - Nasrudith 7y ago
        Also out of context it sort of sounds like a denial of the suffering and conditions - even if that is the name thet used. In my experience there was no denial about the travesties but the Trail of Tears and maybe the Black Hills got name checked as events perhaps because of the precedent and disregard for even the Constitution and the Supreme Court in the first and the egregious "kick them off of their own reserved lands for a short term gold rush".
        protomyth 7y ago
        Perhaps folks might like to do a search before making such damning judgements about other HN users.
      - protomyth 7y ago
        How someone would jump from a Native American history to Stephen King is beyond me. Assuming an inappropriate joke is also a mystery.

protomyth 7y ago

Don't you mean the Long Walk?

jstewartmobile 7y ago
Why y'all downvoting this man? He's right.
- protomyth 7y ago
  The full reference is https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Walk_of_the_Navajo https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Walk_of_the_Navajo The Trail of Tears https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trail_of_Tears https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trail_of_Tears was other tribes such as the Cherokee, Muscogee (Creek), Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw nations. It still amazes me that my most down-voted posts are about Native American facts.
  - gamegoblin 7y ago
    I assume most downvoters (not having heard of the Navajo event) thought you were making an inappropriate joke referencing the Stephen King novel of the same name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Long_Walk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Long_Walk
    - Nasrudith 7y ago
      Also out of context it sort of sounds like a denial of the suffering and conditions - even if that is the name thet used. In my experience there was no denial about the travesties but the Trail of Tears and maybe the Black Hills got name checked as events perhaps because of the precedent and disregard for even the Constitution and the Supreme Court in the first and the egregious "kick them off of their own reserved lands for a short term gold rush".
      - protomyth 7y ago
        Perhaps folks might like to do a search before making such damning judgements about other HN users.
    - protomyth 7y ago
      How someone would jump from a Native American history to Stephen King is beyond me. Assuming an inappropriate joke is also a mystery.