2. W should w have a M orial
HY e em
for the Native Americans?
The Natives Am ericans are the m oppressed people
ost
of the w orld
Suffered in the hands of colonizers: W ere enslaved,
used, sexually abused, ignored, m assacred and
dim inished
The population of the Native Am ericans ( ALL OF THE
AM ERICAS) before Colum bus are estim ated to be
betw een 80- 100 m illion. Today, there is not even 10
m illion.
Indians w looked dow upon, discrim
ere n inated, rejected
and m assacred for nearly four centuries.
3. The M orial
em
The me mo rial is divide d into 5 parts , that are s c atte re d
all o ve r the c o ntine nt o f Ame ric a . The y e ac h re pre s e nt
a re g io n whe re Indian e xte rminatio n to o k plac e :
S o uth Ame ric a , No rth Ame ric a , The Caribbe an s e a , and
Me xic o and Ce ntral Ame ric a .
The 5 th part is c alle d “S ile nt Ho pe ” and it re pre s e nts
the re maining Indians to day
The fo ur parts will be s hape d like a puzzle , and in
the o ry , if the y whe re pulle d to g e the r, wo uld fo rm a
c irc le . Ho we ve r the y are no t o ne to g e the r to s ymbo lize
the dive rs ity and the divis io n o f the Indian ac ro s s the
two Ame ric an c o ntine nts
The fo ur mo nume nts will als o be made o f mate rials
fro m that c e rtain re g io n and will als o po rtrait the Indian
c ulture and native s ymbo ls o f the c ulture dire c tly
re late d to the ir de mis e
4. The Caribbean Sea Natives –The
first ones
They w the Indians w had it w
ere ho orst, w could not defend
ho
them selves.
It w be located in Santo Dom
ill ingo, in the Island of Hispaniola
The centerpiece w be a young native m chained and on
ill an,
his knees crying to the heavens, w hile being w hipped by a
colonizer. This m is spotted, representing the m
an any
diseases that Europeans spread. Behind him is the colonizer
holding a w in one hand and in the other a crucifix
hip
representing the religion they (colonizers) claim to carry -
ed
Christianity, w hich Indians w forced to believe, and the
ere
w representing the aw slaughters that the Indians
hip ful
suffered
Around the Centerpiece w be a big grave yard, sym
ill bolizing
the Native Taíno extinguish.
It w all be m
ill ade of ancient stone and m arble
5.
6. One day, in front of Las Casas, the Spanish dismembered,
beheaded, or raped 3000 people. 'Such inhumanities and barbarisms
were committed in my sight,' he says, 'as no age can parallel....' The
Spanish cut off the legs of children who ran from them. They poured
people full of boiling soap. They made bets as to who, with one
sweep of his sword, could cut a person in half. They loosed dogs that
'devoured an Indian like a hog, at first sight, in less than a moment.'
They used nursing infants for dog food."
7. South Am erica Natives
monum ent
The central piece w ould be a m onum w ent hich w ould
honor the “ Indian people of the m ountain” The Nazcas
–
and the Incas, and they w ould be m ade out of s ilve r. It
depicts the great chief in gold and silver, w hile a
m ischievous Spaniard conquistador com to greet him
es
w hile holding a gun to his side, w a m
ith alevolent sm on
ile
their face. This represents the treacherous approach the
Spaniards had tow ards the South Am erican Indians. The
Statue of the chief, a tall m w represents the
an ho
greatness of the nation, is vested in silver, and that
represents the Indians w ealth in South Am erica, especially
of silver. The m onum surrounding is also decorated in
ent
typical Indian artifacts, im printed of the stone m onum s ent’
floor
The m onum w be located in the ancient city of Cuzco,
ent ill
the past capital of the Inca Em pire, and also their place of
8.
9. Mexico and Central America
The e xac t lo c atio n o f this mo nume nt wo uld be at the he art o f
the bus tling c ity o f Me xic o , the re as o n be ing it was the anc ie nt
c apital o f the Azte c Empire , Te nó c hitlan .
The c e nte rpie c e wo uld be a bo ld Azte c male warrio r ho lding a
s pe ar in his hand , s tanding tall and pro ud , and this s tatue
wo uld be c o mple te ly g o lde n . He thre ate ne d the s tatue in fro nt
o f him , a c o nquis tado r ho lding a hug e rifle to his fac e , his e ye s
made o ut o f s o lid g o ld . The c o nquis tado r po s s e s s e s vic io us
c harac te ris tic s , e ve n tho ug h he is le s s mus c ular and big than
the Azte c fig hte r, he is de finite ly the o ne with the do minanc e
o ve r the Indian .
The Azte c whe re the ric he s t and mo re po we rful o f the tribe s in
all o f the Ame ric as
10.
11. North American Indians: The
rejected ones.
The statue depicts and Indian little girl w a teary eye
ith
holding a piece of paper that says DENIED. The little girl
represents the m assacre that ran ram ped in North
Am erica: seclusion, segregation. The greatest difference
in this m onum from the other m
ent onum ents is that the
little girl would stand alone (w hile in the others, there is
the presence of the colonizer). She represents the
people that w on the m
ere arch of the Trail of Tears, the
Indians that w secluded from the Early Am
ere erican
settlers and the last Indians w w driven out of their
ho ere
lands in the plains. Her DENIED sign represents the fact
that the Indians w denied the right of autonom to
ere y
defend their lands legally
It w be located in Oklahom City, OK, because that’
ill a s
w here the natives w here “throw into.
n”
12.
13. The “Silent Hope”
Represents the last stand of the Native Indians
In centerpiece of this m onum ent, the sculpture is of a girl
hiding in the forest, in the bushes, only her eyes visible.
In front of her is a goblet filled w w
ith ater, and in this
w ater is w ritten in sm golden and silver tablets the
all
nam of the Indian leaders w died trying to protect
es ho
their people, all the resisters of colonizer oppression.
The girl is hiding from it, because it proves to her that her
kind is no longer valued. All of the m onum is white
ent
marble , and it w be located in NewYork City, the m
ill ost
im portant city in the W orld
