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  • Steve2 [any]
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    4 years ago

    This starts out sad, but after the Choctaw nation was forced off their ancestral lands and moved north in the Trail of Tears they heard of the then-ongoing Irish potato famine.

    Knowing how starvation feels they took collections and rounded up something like $150 and donated it in solidarity and suport to the Irish people.

    The Irish have never forgotten and try to pay back to a nation that gave all they could in lean times, they have college scholarships to this day and even provided some financial relief for covid.

    • anthm17 [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      https://www.choctawnation.com/history-culture/history/choctaw-and-ireland-history

      "Two ancient peoples. A modern-day connection. Nothing divides the Choctaw people from the Irish except for the ocean."

      That's beautiful and so so sad.