re nazi memoribilia in article cmay helium cmay helium gas uug arizona edu christopher c may writes in apr raid dell com mikepb lupus dell com michael p brininstool writes swatikas were also common in american indian markings painted walls etc is it the swastika that is bad just want to back this up with a personal anecdote my grandparents have a navajo rug made in the s which they received in trade from the weaver while living in flagstaff arizona the decorative motif consists of large black swastikas one in each corner what s more the color scheme is black white and red to the casual glance it would undoubtedly appear to be a nazi relic of some kind yet they owned it ten years before hitler and the national socialists came to power as i recall they took it down in the s and didn t feel quite right about putting it back up until the s it still draws comments from those who don t know what it is having lived played and worked on and near the navajo reservation for a number of years i can confirm this is an ancient pattern found in petroglyphs dated to years old also the indians never stopped making rugs with this pattern they just stopped selling them after the nazi s pre empted the swastika note also that the indian versions use both clockwise and counter clockwise swastikas ob guns it s the rare navaho family that doesn t own a rifle they remember being relocated by the us army and don t intend to do it again the hopi on the other hand have a dislike for weapons from my experience perhaps they just hide them better from strangers kirk hays nra life seventh generation the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing edmund burke
