2006-09-20 15:33:50 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No ! and No apologies for stealing their land, or breaking every treaty ever made with Native Americans. Or that the Mandans as well as other Tribes where given blankets, that had been used by people who had small pox. The casinos of today is the Red mans revenge on the white man.
2006-09-20 16:05:31 · answer #1 · answered by ? 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Of course not. Living hellish lives on Earth was just that much more incentive for them to forsake their godless pagan ways and convert to avoid the eternal Hell. At the very least, they could be obediant, dutiful, penitent servants of God even if they would never be the civilized equals of those who converted them. If anything, they should thank the preachers and priests for the sacrifices they made to lead the unworthy to Christ. Such was the reasoning of the time.
Now the reasoning is 'That was not us. We are not as they were in the ancient past. Those were not true Christians.' while raising money so true Christian missionaries can go to South America on a mission to lead the primitive natives to God and civilized life.
2006-09-20 16:19:06 · answer #2 · answered by February Rain 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I do not know the answer regarding Native Americans, but I know that there have been several apologies that have been made here in Canada by various churches, includingthe United Church of Canada, in 1986 (which was acknowledged but not accepted) and again in 1997.http://www.united-church.ca/aboriginal/relationships/apologies.shtm .
Two finds have been set up in the UCC to help the reconciliation process:
The Healing Fund (established to address the impacts of residential schools on Aboriginal people, this fund is one facet of the United Church's ongoing reconciliation work with Aboriginal people)
Justice & Reconciliation Fund (a fund to enable relationship-building initiatives between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people).
In 1991, the Anglican Church in Canada also made apologies to the First Nations people and continues to work towards healing and reconcliation.
There may be other denominations that have also made apologies, but the UCC and Anglican were particularly in need of facing up to past abuses in the residential school system which the churches funded and operated in conjunction with the Canadian government.
2006-09-20 15:49:32 · answer #3 · answered by Ponderingwisdom 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
So, How much of this land belonged to the Indians? Did the Indians ever say or outline where the boundries were?
Some Americans were not right in there treatment of the Indians, but Some Indians were not right in there treatment of Americans.
For those of you who think we as Americans should Apologize, - Why don't you start sending part of your paycheck to an Indian family in need or start a non-profit website allowing people to send money to a fund to help an Indian family.
Thats what I thought.
2006-09-20 16:38:21 · answer #4 · answered by concerned c 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no, but as a decendent of the Blackfoot tribe, and a person that is currently learning the ways ot the Apache medicine man.
(note i said learning their ways not becomming one.) (i am a pagan and will stay such)
I have learned that the Native Americans have a good sense of humor, and they actually blame themselves for not seeing the White Man for the liar that he was. However many still cling to hope and feel that the Ghost Dance and the possible return of White Brother, may return the land to them and signal the end of the White Man's destruction of the land.
2006-09-20 15:58:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Christians did that? I love native americans, And respect their culture. In fact, I think that they should have more rights than the foreigners that pushed them onto reservations. This was their country first!!.
2006-09-20 15:43:42 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not that I know of. The Canadian government apologized to the Asians because of what happened here in the 30's.
2006-09-20 16:16:57 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
As part Native American, Cherokee and Blackfoot, I can honestly say no, but I'm a Protestant Christian. The Protestants didn't commit those attrocities. They had not protested anything then, and didn't have a hand in it even as Catholics. They couldn't even read the vulgate in the original scriptures, unless they first had access to them, and secondly, could read the language that they were in.
2006-09-20 15:40:09 · answer #8 · answered by classyjazzcreations 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
i do no longer understand. i understand that God is the author of all Justice so He has the respond. those human beings who've heard the stable information of Jesus are responsible for no count if or no longer we settle for Him as our Redeemer.
2016-10-15 05:56:39 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you know what a Christian is? This term is used so loosely and tied to the word "religion". Those are two separate things. Religion is an organization, man made rules, doctrines etc... a Christian is a follower of Christ.
So, what did the Christians do to the Native Americans?
2006-09-20 15:40:43 · answer #10 · answered by jcholmes_99 1 · 0⤊ 6⤋