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Amanda Roos @amandaroos.bsky.social · 1d

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Amanda Roos @amandaroos.bsky.social · 1d

Gorgeous October sunset over Utah mountains.

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Amanda Roos @amandaroos.bsky.social · 1d

The leaders of the Mormon church are liars with no incentive to tell truth, especially about history.

It's why their historians are lawyers.

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Amanda Roos @amandaroos.bsky.social · 1d

Running an Etsy shop is my dream job. I literally sell smiles! I just got a message from a lady who bought three rainbow packs of smiley keychains from my store. She said she directs a group of retired seniors and is giving them out as a cast gift. Love it! My store link: amandaroosart.etsy.com

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Amanda Roos @amandaroos.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, I'm also in the middle of a fiction/mystery book called Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley. Very good!

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Amanda Roos @amandaroos.bsky.social · 1d

Let me know if you have other references to share!

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Amanda Roos @amandaroos.bsky.social · 1d

And I've been advised to generally learn the histories of Uintah and Ouray Reservation and the Navajo Nation.

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Amanda Roos @amandaroos.bsky.social · 1d

This list of events that I've been told make the Mountain Meadows Massacre look like a picnic:
Black Hawk's mission of Peace. Look up Circleville massacre, Nephi Massacre, Battle Creek, Fort Utah massacre. In Idaho: Bear River Massacre.

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Amanda Roos @amandaroos.bsky.social · 1d

These three books:
A History of Utah's American Indians edited by Forrest Cuch (available here: www.upcolorado.com/utah-state-u...)
Tending the Sacred - Darren Parry
The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America by Andrés Reséndez

University Press of Colorado - A History of Utah's American Indians

A joint project of the Utah Division of Indian Affairs and the Utah State Historical Society The valleys, mountains, and deserts of Utah have been home to native peoples for thousands of years. Like p...

www.upcolorado.com

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Amanda Roos @amandaroos.bsky.social · 1d

These three websites:
blackhawkproductions.com
lamanitetruth.com
www.timpanogostribe.com/index.html

The Utah Black Hawk War: Synopsis by Historian Phillip B Gottfredson

This account honors the Timpanogos Nation's remarkable resilience during the Black Hawk War, vividly illustrating their strength in overcoming cultural challenges and adversity caused by colonialism.

blackhawkproductions.com

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Amanda Roos @amandaroos.bsky.social · 1d

The truth is important.

I am still learning but here are some notes I have accumulated in the last month or two as starting points to study:

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Amanda Roos @amandaroos.bsky.social · 1d

Mormons murdered native Americans. This genocide has been swept under the rug.

The Mormon church has generally white washed its history to the detriment of many people. They have harmed and continue to harm the American Indians in the Utah area by not being honest about what happened.

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Amanda Roos @amandaroos.bsky.social · 1d

*they harmed and continue to harm

Amanda Roos @amandaroos.bsky.social · 2d

It's always been an authoritarian country...

Amanda Roos @amandaroos.bsky.social · 2d

Oh, I'm also in the middle of a fiction/mystery book called Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley. Very good!

Amanda Roos @amandaroos.bsky.social · 2d

Let me know if you have other references to share!

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Amanda Roos @amandaroos.bsky.social · 2d

And I've been advised to generally learn the histories of Uintah and Ouray Reservation and the Navajo Nation.

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Amanda Roos @amandaroos.bsky.social · 2d

This list of events that I've been told make the Mountain Meadows Massacre look like a picnic:
BlackHawks mission of Peace. Look up Circleville massacre, Nephi Massacre, Battle Creek, Fort Utah massacre. In Idaho: Bear River Massacre.

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Amanda Roos @amandaroos.bsky.social · 2d

These three websites:
blackhawkproductions.com
lamanitetruth.com
www.timpanogostribe.com/index.html

The Utah Black Hawk War: Synopsis by Historian Phillip B Gottfredson

This account honors the Timpanogos Nation's remarkable resilience during the Black Hawk War, vividly illustrating their strength in overcoming cultural challenges and adversity caused by colonialism.

blackhawkproductions.com

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Amanda Roos @amandaroos.bsky.social · 2d

These three books:
A History of Utah's American Indians edited by Forrest Cuch (available here: www.upcolorado.com/utah-state-u...)
Tending the Sacred - Darren Parry
The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America by Andrés Reséndez

University Press of Colorado - A History of Utah's American Indians

A joint project of the Utah Division of Indian Affairs and the Utah State Historical Society The valleys, mountains, and deserts of Utah have been home to native peoples for thousands of years. Like p...

www.upcolorado.com

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Amanda Roos @amandaroos.bsky.social · 2d

I am still learning but here are some notes I have accumulated in the last month or two as starting points to study:

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Amanda Roos @amandaroos.bsky.social · 3d

Ethical billionaires don't exist

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Amanda Roos @amandaroos.bsky.social · 3d

Release the Epstein files.
Impeach Trump.
Child rapists and friends of child rapists DO NOT belong in government, ESPECIALLY NOT AS PRESIDENT.

Amanda Roos @amandaroos.bsky.social · 3d

Poverty isn't God's will, but churches and billionaires that hoard money sure want you to think it is. Poverty is a policy choice.

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Amanda Roos @amandaroos.bsky.social · 3d

Brammer is my Utah Senator. This is what I sent him today:

Hello Senator Brammer,

Impeaching judges makes you look scared of the law.

It's a strange move that I absolutely do not support.

Thanks,
Amanda Roos

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