Turtle Island Project: Nonviolent Spirit Jihad to combat evil; Christopher Columbus and other European explorers enslaved Natives spawning an evil tradition that lives on today(Marquette, Michigan) - Calling it a nonviolent "Spirit Jihad," the founder of the nonprofit Turtle Island Project recounts the genocide and terror used by European explorers to steal North America from American Indians and other Indigenous peoples - and how some wealthy whites use those same ideals today to enslave Indigenous peoples and the poor using economic and spiritual controls. During a recent talk, Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard said he was declaring a "Spirit Jihad" to "confront absolute black evil with humor and with satire" using "weapons of the spirit.""Not with weapons of conquest, not with smart bombs but with smart people - smart spirits," he said. "Laugh it into goodness. Make fun of it into goodness. Satirize it into goodness.""Stand up people of the spirit and fight it with weapons of the spirit - not weapons of conquest but holy weapons of the spirit," Rev. Hubbard told the audience at Northern Michigan University."The notion of European superiority over native peoples goes back to the European invasion" of North America as noted in the diaries of Christopher Columbus, Hubbard said.Rev. Hubbard then quoted a excerpt from Columbus's diary dated Oct. 12, 1494."They ought to make good and skilled servants for they repeat very quickly what ever we say to them. I think they can easily be made Christians for they seem to have no religion. If it pleases our Lord, I will take six of them for your highness when I depart."In another section of Columbus's diaries the loyal Catholic tells the King of Spain that the several Indigenous tribes can easily be made slaves."With 50 men we can subject everyone and make them do what you wish," Columbus wrote.Dr. Hubbard said "all the Conquistadors" were "devout Catholics" who "had Mass every morning" before "they went on their genocidal rampages." Dr. Hubbard was introduced by Dr. Adriana Greci Green, NMU Center for Native American Studies assistant professor (the first few minutes of the video). This is the first of several videos from the Turtle Island Project in which Rev. Hubbard describes the genocide and atrocities tied to the "Doctrine of Discovery" - a document that led to the eventual creation of the United States of America on land originally occupied by American Indians and other Indigenous peoples.This video was made as Rev. Hubbard made two presentations on September 24, 2008 during the third annual UNITED Conference at Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Michigan.Related Links:Turtle Island Project:Official website of Author Derrick JensenWikipedia on Author Derrick JensenDerrick Jensen book "A language older than words."Amazon.com U.S.Amazon.com U.K.Chelsea Green on Derrick Jensen bookMore info on Derrick Jensen:http://www.pressaction.com/news/weblog/full_article/awards12292006/http://www.blackoakmedia.org/interviews/jensen.htmlhttp://ascentmagazine.com/articles.aspx?articleID=282&page=read&subpage=current&issueID=38http://www.nocompromise.org/issues/26jensen.htmlJensen's latest book "endgame"White Buffalo Calf Woman Society, Inc. (WBCWS) PO Box 227 Mission, S.D.57555 (605) 856-2317(605) 856-2494 (fax)-------Official website of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe - Sicangu Lakota-------Northern Michigan University (NMU)NMU on Wikipedia-------NMU Center for Native American Studies:Center for Native American StudiesNorthern Michigan University112F Whitman Hall Marquette, MI49855(906) 227-1397(906) 227-1396 (fax)e-mail:nasa@nmu.eduApril Lindala, DirectorCenter for Native American Studies(906) 227-1397(906) 227-1396 (fax)---Adriana Greci Green, Assistant Professor112C Whitman HallPhone: 906-227-2374Fax: 906-227-1396E-mail Prof. Green--- Grace ChaillierNMU Adjunct Assistant ProfessorSicangu Lakota band of the Rosebud Sioux112G Whitman Hall(906) 227-1390-------Great quotes about American Indian women by nations:-------Uniting Neighbors in the Experience of Diversity (UNITED):Northern Michigan UniversitySeptember 21-23, 2008Other UNITED links:http://webb.nmu.edu/UNITED/SiteSections/2008Schedule.shtmlhttp://webb.nmu.edu/Webb/PDFs/UNITED/UNITED_2008.pdfhttp://webb.nmu.edu/UNITED/SiteSections/GD989.shtmlUNITED Organizers:Dr. Judith PuncocharNMU Professor906-227-1366-------Turtle Island ProjectMunising, MichiganTurtle island Project Co-founders:Rev. 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