2007-01-18 12:38:07 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
First answer. darn straight fellow.great Idea.
2007-01-18 12:44:42 · update #1
They were here first and have gone thru so much from our government that a day of remembrance doesn't seem like enough to do for them. How about a week and memorials along "the trail of tears" as a reminder of the suffering they endured at our hands.
2007-01-18 15:40:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I think we should. The original settlers that came here and everyone there after sought more and more land. Sought more and more natural resources. Just plain sought more and more. The more was sought the more "those red heathens were forcibly moved from what was theirs to hold and take care of to begin with. Would we be in the same shape that we are in today if we had taken a lesson from the Native Americans on how to take care of mother earth and our cousins the animals? I don't think so. But they were pushed and pushed into what was perceived as more and more desolate lands until that land began to look sweet or a valuable resource was discovered on the land that we set them upon. At the very LEAST a day of remembrance needs to be afforded to them for what they sacrificed for us.
2007-01-18 20:50:17 · answer #2 · answered by Diana P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Native American: Stone Age Man trading for the goods but yet in defiance of Iron Age Man and the emerging Global Economy.
This is how it one day will be remembered.
However, the Native American was noble, fought desparately to his/her credit, and collapsed under the weight of a diverse society that could barely understand itself.
Of course we (collectively) need them to be remembered.
If only for the Science of it:
The Native American was in the stone age until iron age Europeans came in contact with them
If one accepts anthropologists' global thinking today one would realize that we actually have historic data on stone-age-man
and his relationship with Iron Age European Settlers and a resulting change in the perception of their quality of life.
They NEED to be remembered for the Greater Good of Human kind.
2007-01-18 21:25:50 · answer #3 · answered by cultural student 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Since we have a day for everyone else, I say we add the Native Americans to the list.
2007-01-18 20:46:56 · answer #4 · answered by mellijenk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. We did the native americans a very grave injustice. Having a day in their honor won't help them much, but possibly it will keep their contributions to our culture in our minds.
Maybe, if we keep them in our collective minds long enough, we'll start to feel guilty about the way we've treated them.
But, I wouldn't hold my breath.
2007-01-18 21:28:14 · answer #5 · answered by jorst 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO!
America owes them more, much more than that!
When our government destoyed parts of Japan, they received reparations to rebuild that country...
What do you give to a people for destroying not just part of their land, but their culture, stole their land, killed their tribes and defaulted on almost every known treaty....?
And just for the record, lets stop talking about our fellow man as if he is extinct... they have been and are here to stay.
2007-01-18 22:24:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A day of remembrance, not another 'holiday' is well deserved. There are so many noble people that deserve to be remembered, but if we had a holiday for all of them all our economy would greatly suffer.
2007-01-18 20:49:15 · answer #7 · answered by SoCcEr AnGeL 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Damn right. It should replace Columbus Day.
2007-01-18 20:43:22 · answer #8 · answered by SIGGY 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course, and why have we not done just that ?
2007-01-18 22:40:30 · answer #9 · answered by Gypsy Gal 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋