If the Native Americans were warned in time, could they have united and stopped their genocide?

Answer 1

Maybe they could have, but we will never know. At least Chief Tecumseh tried to warn them in time.
"No tribe has the right to sell, even to each other, much less to strangers.... Sell a country! Why not sell the air, the great sea, as well as the earth? Didn't the Great Spirit make them all for the use of his children?
The way, the only way to stop this evil is for the red man to unite in claiming a common and equal right in the land, as it was first, and should be now, for it was never divided."
We gave them forest-clad mountains and valleys full of game, and in return what did they give our warriors and our women? Rum, trinkets, and a grave.
Brothers -- My people wish for peace; the red men all wish for peace;but where the white people are, there is no peace for them, except it be on the bosom of our mother. Where today are the Pequot?
Where today are the Narragansett, the Mohican, the Pakanoket,
and many other once powerful tribes of our people?
They have vanished before the avarice and the oppression of the White Man, as snow before a summer sun." - Chief Tecumseh of the Shawnee People.
Tecumseh (Shooting Star) of the Shawnee was born in March 1768, on the Mad River near the present-day city of Springfield, Ohio. He was a brother to Tenskwatawa (The Shawnee Prophet).
Tecumseh took part in the war of retaliation in 1780, waged because of the murder of Chief Cornstalk as he was attempting to negotiate with white men. A brave, skilled fighter, Tecumseh was known for his opposition to unnecessary, arbitrary killing. He led several raids against the encroaching white settlers, often with his Creek and Cherokee neighbors. Tecumseh participated in the Battle of Fallen Timbers, but refused to sign the Treaty of Greenville in 1795.
With his brother, a respected preacher of the Shawnee people, Tecumseh traveled among the tribes of the region to set forth a doctrine that the lands of the Northwest Territory belonged to a single Indian Nation and that negotiated borders with individual tribes were invalid.
He and his brother established a village in northern Indiana, a village that became known as Prophet's Town. They encouraged their people to return to traditional ways, to cultivate the land and to avoid liquor.
On Nov. 6, 1811, Northwest Territory Governor William Henry Harrison engaged Native American tribes under the leadership of Tenskwatawa while Tecumseh was travelling. The village was destroyed, and the defeat left many tribes disillusioned with the promise of victory.
The unity of the Native Americans was further diminished as they were caught between the British and American forces at the outbreak of the War of 1812. Tecumseh and many others allied with the British. The British commissioned Tecumseh as a brigadier general.
Native Americans under Tecumseh took a stand at the Battle of the Thames on Oct. 5, 1813, where Tecumseh and his dreams were killed.

Answer 2

Just remember, what happened to them happened over centuries, when you read replay it in your mind "the white man came, ...., destroyed the native americans, etc", it is replayed as if it is a story that occurs in a minute, so the offense seems greater than it really is. Just keep that in mind.

And you could argue the same thing about the U.S., what if muslim immigrants end up being responsible for 80% of the population ,take over, and kill all christians, then 500 years from now, people will be asking the same question you are asking.

And incidentally, no they could not have, unless they adopted all the technology of the europeans immediately, then maybe.

Answer 3

Perhaps in the short run but it would have required unparalleled cruilty on their part. If every settlement that appeared was wiped out all traces removed people would have stopped comming here.

Likely the Spanish would have ventured north and crushed the native north americans. This would have taken a while like 50 years but this is all speculation.

Answer 4

Generically speaking it would signify genuine participation of Native Americans the democratic process. It would also suggest social and racial maturity of a nation stymied by bigotry. Most importantly this would be a coming "Full Circle" for Native Americans.

Answer 5

with enough time, and if they really understood what would happen, then yes, i think they would/could have,,,,,,,, they were warring nations (countries) it would be like earth right now getting attacked from another planet,,,, sure a few would try to cut deals with the aliens, but most would unite, here on earth, to fight the greater evil,,,,,,,

Answer 6

No, as in all conflict, the more advanced civilization won.

Why is it that the people (Liberals) who believe in Darwinian Evolution the most are always the first ones to turn around and denounce its mechanisms as evil?

-Aztec276

Answer 7

Quite a testimony 'Red Cloud' -- both for Native Americans and the human race as a whole -- thanks!

Answer 8

sure they could have because they had the numbers on their side in the beginning. now take out the word "native" and ask the same question and watch the answers.

Answer 9

No, but they would have been able to put up a stronger fight.

Answer 10

No, because we couldn't get along with each other!