Hardly "appropriations".  That would only apply if these men had not built the road, accomplishing far beyond anything (in Dr. Dubois' words) "...your weak hands could have accomplished...".  The article was a small enough commemoration of their deeds, and you begrudge even that.  There is no lack of articles praising white folks--merited or not--in the Dispatch, from articles about Memorial day to the Iditerod to the Norwegian economy; don't see you complaining about any such article.  But mere mention of anyone else, and five'll getcha ten Lars will go into full shrieking and flailing mode.  Too hot for snowflakes right now.  Give it a rest.