Native American Tribe Wants Name of Myles Standish Removed From Boston University Dorm
“Myles Standish is remembered by this lands’ first peoples for the extreme acts of violence he committed against their ancestors”
What happens if the school just says no? Is that an option?
The Associated Press reports:
Tribe wants Boston University to change name of Myles Standish dorm
A Native American tribe is calling on Boston University to change the name of a dorm that honors Myles Standish, the military leader of the Pilgrims.
The Massachusett Tribe at Ponkapoag says Myles Standish Hall should be renamed Wituwamat Memorial Hall after a leading Native American figure massacred with other tribal members by Plymouth Colony settlers in 1623.
“Long celebrated by many as a New England folk hero, Myles Standish is remembered by this lands’ first peoples for the extreme acts of violence he committed against their ancestors,” says a recently launched online petition seeking the name change.
According to the tribe’s history, Standish and his men killed Wituwamat and other members of the Neponset Band of the Massachusett Tribe because Standish suspected Wituwamat of plotting against the fledgling English colony. Wituwamat was beheaded and his head displayed atop Plymouth Colony’s meetinghouse as a warning.
The online petition also argues that Standish has no connection to the university or the stately Back Bay neighborhood where the dorm is located. Instead, the dorm takes its name from the building’s origin as the Myles Standish Hotel.
Built in 1925, the elegant brick hotel was located steps from the Charles River and Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox. It was purchased by the university in 1949 and converted into dorms.
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Tell them no, and to go away.
It is remarkable that this entire continent was absurdly peaceful until Europeans arrived. Murder and warfare were clearly unknown to the indigenous peoples and only introduced by the white man.
If you believe that tripe, I have a bridge that I can sell you in NYC…real cheap!
Just go with George Floyd Hall — an always-safe choice that will piss off the troublemaking Indians and there won’t be a damn thing they can do about it.
I speak as a graduate of BU (aka: Berkeley of the East), and as a now-liberated #WalkAway, to this native american group that chooses to refute history: GO FISH!