You folks have no right to talk unless you are a native?

Question

To all the comments about how natives got their land taken. First Off I am Indian (native American) and I am proud. If you have paid attention in school then you would know that yes, British and French did come hear and take the land, but the natives joined forces with the French and British side after being defeated by them. we natives fought for our land and fought damn hard and we lost. We took our loss with honor and excepted the new ways (well most of us) You should watch "Last of the Dogmen" It tells about what really happened. there were plenty of white folks who joined the native culture as well. You say that British and French fought unjustly. They did not abide by the laws of war, neither side did. In fact the most brutal thing that the whites did was at the battle of wounded knee. Don’t get me wrong, I am not saying that what the whites did was right, but how they fought and won was perfectly fare because nothing was civilized back then.

"All is fare in love and war"

I spelled fair wrong..oops

Answer 1

Get over it ... do you enjoy using your "Crapper"? How about that running water?? Or, living in a place that has once implemented war on home soil. Think about it ... America has only had 1 Civil war ... while the NA's killed each other daily/ monthly/ yearly. The whites may have killed in great numbers, but they brought peace and wonderful inventions.

The Indian tribes you are speaking of died because of disease ... yes, the white dirty b-tards did bring disease, and this is what killed the NA.

Unless you lived from 200 years ago when that happened, it really doesn't matter, unless you're striving for a life without toilets, plumbing, highways, and want to engage in war constantly.

Settlement was the best thing to happen to the New Continent, and although the price of lives was high, the benefits are good. See, the surviving NA's can now all get medicine to avoid extension ... however, this doesn't stop them from going extinct by marrying and breeding with different cultures.

Answer 2

You are right, the battle of wounded knee was horrible. What the whites did to the American Indian is totally shameful. We broke every treaty. We removed them from their land and put them on reservations. The government agents that were sent to over see the reservations quite often took the supplies that were given for the Indians.

If the whites killed Indians it was okay. When Indiants fought back and killed whites it was a masacre. A lot of the early cowboy movies portrayed the Indians as people who had nothing to do but run around in circles and shoot at covered wagons heading west. That's sad. However some directors looked at things as they were and tried to portray what the Indians actually dealt with. The most recent was "Into the West". "Dances With Wolves was another movie that showed that the average Indian was not as dumb as we have portrayed him over the years.

What the whites did was unfair and if anything they were the ones that were uncivilized. And there are good and bad in every culture. Just as there were good whites there were bad and the same for the Indians.

Answer 3

Conquest by invaders is the way of history. Each nation has at one time been the conquered or the conqueror. Not in order or limited to, but a short list goes something like this...The Egyptians, the Assyrians, the Persian, the Greeks, the Romans, the Huns, the Spanish, the Dutch, the Portuguese, the English, the French, the Germans, the Chinese, the Japanese and on and on. That doesn't include wars between arguing factions within national groups. Each feels that they are right and the other is wrong. Each group lies, exaggerates and manipulates the truth. Some don't mean to lie, they just repeat inaccurate information or make loud uninformed statements that influence others. Humans can be so hurtful to each other, sometimes putting their own pride above the good of the many. They don't learn from history, they just continue to repeat it. It's enough to make you cry.

Answer 4

Thank you little sister.
Iberius & the other ignoramus's have no clue what we have been through in our own lands. It continues to this day. Our ancestors fought, lived and died as free peoples in order to set an example for those that would follow. They gained the everlasting respect of a conquering nation, that is why the American government sought treaties with the many Native nations throughout the land which is now and forever known as America. The old ones fought the American cavalry to a standstill. We are the children of great peoples, never forget that. We gained our place in history through courage, determination, and a willingness to die before being enslaved by any. This spirit lives on. "Its a good day to die." this is the spirit of our ancestors in words. Native nations are soveriegn nations within America's borders. Native Americans are American citizens. That right was earned for us by our ancestors blood. " There is nothing civil about war." I am descended from a savage race of warriors who fought for what we now have. That savage spirit is alive and well within me. I have no tolerance for the criminal trespassers or those that support this atrocity which is being brought upon my homeland & condoned by the officials who are in place. I will vote with my mind in November, remembering who the true representatives of We the people are.
AHO!

Answer 5

The founding of the United States was neither peaceful, nor civil, our 'civil war' was a misnomer given to describe the attempted secession of the southeastern states. Wars were fought, territories were declared, treaties were signed, resulting in what you see now. The most important lesson to be learned from history is that treaties and agreements that set forth honest and mutually acceptable standards for law as it affects all aspects of our lives were/are instrumental underpinnings of our current society, and that observance of these same laws is imperative if we're to continue to be 'good neighbors' with each other, and the rest of the world, too...

Answer 6

I have every right to talk because this is my country too and freedom of speech allows me so. Don't quite know what you were trying to say in your dissertation about native americans, for I am also a native american, born and raised. It doesn't change the fact that even the Indians migrated over the Siberian strait and we are all descendants from the one and only mother in Africa! So big deal. You had no choice but to mainstream.

Answer 7

this is the most well thought out, presented question I have seen yet on Answers.

it was not just the French and English, it was also the Spanish. I have studied Arizona history and live in Arizona. In the 1800's the Mexicans were just as instrumental in fighting the Native Indians in Arizona as the Americans were. And yes, many of the Indian Tribes in Arizona were fighting the Apaches as well as the Americans and Mexicans.

There are gray areas...not just black and white...guilty...not guilty.

you are a blessing.

Answer 8

well im not native american but I think that the the indians were treated unfairly. Im not racists or anything but I just dont understand why black people cry about what happend to them they werent born back then either. Anyway I have never heard an indian whine about white people taking their land. I think indians have more of a right to be complaining because the indians didnt tell the white people to come take their land they didnt ask them to come here. But black people sold themselfs.

Answer 9

All peoples that inhabited north America fought to achieve what we now call the United States of America has achieved. They ALL fought for land...they ALL murdered..and stole...Before the European settlers, could you honestly say that there was law and order? The lawlessness is still in effect in Mexico in many ways. The corruption...the greed...the treatment of women..all of these things are still well embedded in Mexican society. Like another answerer said...Mexicans fought American Indians too...just as they fought among themselves...I was born in Arizona...I am a native of north America and primarily of the U.S. whether you can or want to believe it.

Answer 10

Mexicans are also 'Natives'. It's the Spaniards that are not. Aztec and Mayans were here just as long and traveled up and down the continent. The U.S. fought a war and took away Mexico's land. Uncivilly. The modern day Mexicans are doing it civilly.