The Unlikely, Enduring Friendship Between Ireland and the Choctaw Nation
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Shared trauma from being genocided by the same group does that.
https://apnews.com/article/2020-tokyo-olympics-sports-coronavirus-pandemic-winter-olympics-lacrosse-8a0fc4a4b3e191a732b07d855c7085b4
Another cool story about this friendship.
Incidents like this are what humanity is really about. It's easy to get frustrated and cynical, but the worst of us are generally the most visible. The majority are quietly decent people.