Available for a Project Like This Book, Which We Thought Would Become a National Orleans in 1813

PAGE 4 LULING NEWSBOY & SIGNAL THURSDAY, OCtoBER 8, 2020 WHAT’S NEW AT THE LIBRARY... Teachers urged Killing Crazy Horse to apply for Most of our readers are familiar with Bill O’Reilly, been answered, and we don’t expect it will be. But we the “trailblazing TV journalist” who has had great are tempted to believe that O’Reilly thought our idea TFB garden success with a series of non-fiction books, the sales of was a good one but wanted to add the Indian’s name which now number in the seventeen million copies, rather than Custer’s, so the book became Killing just in the “Killing” series. You may also have heard Crazy Horse: The Merciless Indian Wars of America. grant program him on the radio and other social media outlets. He In a word, the book will sell another million copies has had at least thirty books published, mostly non- and become a national best seller. It has wonderful Less than a month remains for teachers fiction; some are even geared for young readers. maps and numerous illustrations. interested in applying for the Texas Farm Bu- Our library has many titles by O’Reilly, some of The title is very misleading. It suggests the book reau “Learning from the Ground Up” Garden which include Killing Lincoln, Killing Kennedy, Kill- is a biography of Crazy Horse whose claim to fame Grant Program. ing Jesus, Killing Patton, Killing the SS. We have read is that he participated in the Battle of the Little Grants may be requested for up to $500 per these titles in the “Killing” series and found them Big Horn in 1876. Today in South Dakota a huge school, and applications must be submitted fascinating. You don’t have to be a fan of the person sculpture of him is near being finished. You can see online by Friday, Oct. 23. The grant was cre- O’Reilly has written about; on the contrary, it is im- it when you visit Mount Rushmore. However, in the ated to support schools and organizations as portant to read not only because of his writing style prologue we learn about the massacre at Fort Mims, they teach students about the sources of their which any author might benefit from by emulating, Alabama, in 1813. A rough estimate of the number food, fuel and fiber. but these are aspects of history which every American of settlers slaughtered by the Creeks in this engage- “Texas Farm Bureau wanted to help educa- should know about. ment is at least 500, men, women and children, slaves tors connect small-scale gardening to the big- Sometime long before the Covid 19 pandemic and free. No telling how many Creek Indians were ger picture of farming operations so students struck we had the great idea to advise Mr. O’Reilly killed. O’Reilly writes that “To this day, the fight can better understand food production,” TFB what should be his next non-fiction book; we recom- marks the greatest Indian victory over America in Director of Educational Outreach Jordan mended he write about Custer, a Civil War general U.S. history” (21). Walker said. “Having a school garden is an who found everlasting fame by being massacred at The tale unfolds with Andrew Jackson’s treatment excellent way to do that, but we know funds the Little Big Horn. We recommended he call the of Indians, as well as his victory at the Battle of New aren’t always available for a project like this book, which we thought would become a national Orleans in 1813. We read again about the Comanche in a school budget. That’s where our grant best seller: “Killing Custer.” Nearly everyone knows raid on Fort Parker, Texas in 1836, only two months program can help.” of General Custer’s rise to fame during the Civil War after the Alamo fell. And we read about Cochise, the Qualifying projects provide students with and then his love affair with Elizabeth, his being great Apache who preceded Geronimo in Arizona and hands-on, experiential learning about agri- court-martialed for leaving his post to go visit her, New Mexico. In addition we read about Chivington’s culture through the funding of a new garden and of course the final day when his command was raid and Forsyth’s raid on peaceful Indian villages on project or improvements to an existing garden wiped out by a large group of Sioux and Cheyenne. the Great Plains. This all is very interesting but the or greenhouse. We thought it was a natural and would become yet problem we have is that much of the book does not To be eligible, the applicant must be a another bestseller! O’Reilly nearly always has a deal with Crazy Horse, but focuses on the terrible teacher or administrator of any Texas PK- co-author who does most of the research; there is a treatment of the American Indians by white settlers, 12 school, either public or private. Parent wealth of solid material on Custer and we figured military and the politicians in the highest offices. Teacher Associations or other organizations it would not be a real challenge for the successful Once we get beyond all this introductory mate- may apply when the project will directly en- author to get out another best selling title. On this rial we receive a great portrait of Crazy Horse, his gage students. case his co-author is Marvin Dugan. birth, his growing up years, his leadership skills, Agricultural concepts must be used in in- Out e-mail to the O’Reilly headquarters has not yet and his death. Reading this book does not make one struction. Preference will be given to projects feel proud to be a white American. The cause of the that directly engage students in a hands-on American tragedy is that not long after the victory at agricultural experience. Valley Forge, Americans wanted to go further west, If an agricultural science teacher is apply- across the next range of mountains, from “sea to ing for the grant, the project must incorporate Elect shining sea.” Some know it as Manifest Destiny, the elementary or junior high students (i.e., those idea that it was “our right” to claim the land between not already enrolled in agricultural courses) the two oceans. This we have done and no one has into the project in some capacity as to in- ALTON OPIELA really measured the cost. The people who already crease agricultural literacy outside of general were living on the land between the two oceans had agricultural courses. High school educators to be either annihilated, or placed on reservations, teaching courses other than agricultural sci- as they were an impediment to the white man’s push ence courses are eligible to apply. westward. All applications must include a timeline of We hear occasionally that the black citizens of the project, a list of community partners and this country should receive some kind of compensa- a detailed budget with estimated expenses. tion for the white man’s treatment of their black TFB will only accept one grant application ancestors since the Founding Fathers made slavery per school per grant cycle. legal. One single example frequently is brought Grant checks will be made payable to the up: since President Thomas Jefferson had slaves, school or organization, not to an individual. the descendants of those slaves – who can be de- Grant recipients will be given half of the termined through genealogy and DNA – should be awarded funds upon notification of selec- compensated. tion. Walker said the remaining funds will be If enough descendants of Crazy Horse, Cochise, awarded in the spring. Geronimo, and dozens of others of the numerous Grant recipients will be required to share tribes who were cheated out of their ownership of updates and to file a final report electroni- ‘Trust your vote with me.’ land promised them by the white man’s treaties – cally, which will be due on June 1, 2021. RD what would our leaders do? For more information about this grant and VOTE ON NOVEMBER 3 Next week we hope to have a review of W.W. other Farm Bureau agricultural education pro- LULING MacNeal’s latest novel, Hardeman Lodge. It is about grams, please visit https://texasfarmbureau. a bunch of people who settled in a little town at the org/youth/ag-in-the-classroom/, or contact CITY COUNCIL WARD 5 end of the tracks – Luling. Walker directly at (254) 751-2569 or edout- PD. POLITICAL AD PD. BY ALTON OPIELA Chuck Parsons [email protected]. 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