The U.S. Embassy in Moscow, Russia. Photo from Department of State
Will a memorial commemorating the genocide of Native people be erected in front the American Embassy in Moscow? Independent journalist Mary Annette Pember has more on the unusual proposal aimed at shaming the United States for its treatment of the first Americans:
The Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation recently announced a proposal to build a memorial commemorating the genocide of American Indians in front of the American Embassy in Moscow. Civic Chamber member Valery Korovin told the Observer, “This monument must become the silent reproach of the modern American elites which had significantly deviated from the idealistic principles that were laid into the foundation of the American state.” Although the Federation is planning to forward the proposal to President Vladimir Putin’s administration, the form of and funding for the memorial are vague.Get the Story:
Mary Annette Pember: Indians Killed in American Genocide Memorialized in Moscow? (Indian Country Today 2/4)
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