MEAN TO MEANS

Roger Goulet was rather tactless and oblivious when he wrote attacking Russell Means (Letters, June 18). Yes, Mr. Means does go a bit far in his June 11 interview by claiming “the British came over here to kill Indians.” That is a blanket statement and not entirely accurate. However, Mr. Goulet should remember that it was not his ancestors who died along the Trail of Tears after being forcibly removed from homes they had inhabited for 1,000 years, and neither have his “Eurocentric” brothers been corralled onto impoverished reservations of wasteland.

I suggest Mr. Goulet visit either the Hopi or Navajo reservations in northeastern Arizona so he may better understand the anger so many people, like Russell Means, feel.

As for myself, being both “European” and Native American Indian, I know that we will never get beyond pointing fingers at each other until we wake up and realize we’re all exactly the same thing: human beings. Go figure.

S.A. SIZEMORE

Woodland Hills