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I always found that particular convention incredibly gruesome and dystopian. The US genocided the native Americans and then use their names on their death mach
by ihm 4y ago
I always found that particular convention incredibly gruesome and dystopian.
The US genocided the native Americans and then use their names on their death machines they use for killing other people.
- nradov 4y agoIt is a bit bizarre given the role the US Army played in that genocide. But the Army does only use those tribal names with formal permission from the tribes themselves.
- solardev 4y agoInteresting! Do you have any more information on that? Never knew.
- serf 4y agohttps://www.defense.gov/News/Inside-DOD/Blog/article/2052989/why-army-helicopters-have-native-american-names/ https://www.defense.gov/News/Inside-DOD/Blog/article/2052989...
- louky 4y agoThe only information there resembling 'formal permission' is this quote - >On June 10, 2012, Lakota elders ritually blessed two new South Dakota Army National Guard UH-72A Lakotas at a traditional ceremony on the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota. Ceremonies like these happened often over the past several decades.