Thread by @zhigaagoong

Chicago activists took action demanding immediate removal of the Sheridan statue in Lincoln Park. He led the US Army in a genocide against the Sioux, Southern Cheyenne, Arapaho, Kiowa, Comanche, and countless other Indigenous nations.

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"The only good Indian is a dead Indian."
-Philip Sheridan

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Philip Sheridan promoted hunting bison to starve Native peoples off their land. In under 30 years, the US reduced the buffalo population from ~60m to ~600

"Let them kill, skin, and sell until the buffalo are exterminated." -Sheridan
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@chicagosmayor governs a city built on Indigenous land & genocidal violence. She's done nothing to address the problem, even after the people secured the removal of the Columbus statues. The minimum is removing ALL genocidal monuments

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The Mayor has also fought hard against the movement for #IndigenousPeoplesDay, instead choosing to preserve the celebration of the mass murderer Columbus

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Gutzon Borglum -- who had extensive Ku Klux Klan connections -- sculpted this monument. He also built a Robert E. Lee statue and worked on Mt Rushmore, which was never ceded. This is the history @chicagosmayor is defending and honoring.

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We urgently need REAL decolonization. That means rematriation of this land to Native nations and reparations for the theft and genocide this city is founded on.

#LANDBACK
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And part of decolonization is to #DefundCPD, an institution CREATED to facilitate enforcement of the Indian Removal Act.

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The United States is built upon the genocide of Indigenous peoples and the enslavement of Black peoples. Only collective struggle will get us all free

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Decolonization is the abolishment of slavery in all forms including policing.

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