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Podcast: The 7Th Generation Podcast
Episode: Savage Truth: How JulyâŻ4th GreenâLit Genocide
Description: The Declaration of Independence isnât just lofty rhetoric about libertyâit also calls Native peoples âthe merciless Indian Savages.â In this 20âminute deep dive, Dr.âŻB rips the patriotic varnish off that line, tracing how a single slurârooted in the Latin silvaticus (âof the forestâ) and weaponized by church decrees, colonial propaganda, and Enlightenment pseudoscienceâlaid the legal and moral groundwork for two and a half centuries of land theft, forced removals, boardingâschool terror, and resource extraction.We start inside Independence Hall: Jeffersonâs quill, the Committee of Five, the Dunlap broadside hot off the press, and the first public rea...