What ever happened to the native americans of america?
954674
Some of the tribe kept their beliefs in patches, but almost all Native Americans were either killed or converted to Christianity like my Cherokee ancestors.\n\nhttp://www.cherokeebyblood.com/religion.htm#B\nhttp://www.meta-religion.com/World_Religions/Ancient_religions/North_america/navajo_religion.htm
621586
What about what the Native Americans did to the white man?!?!? Convincing those poor, hapless Euros to take over this seriously polluted land with all of these toxic pesticides and cow sh!t and those ugly cement housing developments everywhere?\nAnd THEN, when they didn't ALL die of diseases right off the bat and the early US government had to chase them all over hill and dale to murder rape, pillage and small pox 'em out of the rest of the place?  Really.  Why can't people just stand still for genocide once in awhile?  They're always trying so hard to defend their families and stuff.  Seems like it would be EXHAUSTING for the perpetrators.
590361
You are right. If you know history you can see the only Americans that lived there all their lives are the navajos, siouxs, cheyennes, etc. \n\nSo I do not see them protesting... do you?
293741
More possibly a new American civil war. Or revolution. Heck, we, this "nation of immigrants", wiped out the original inhabitants of this country, and locked the rest of them onto reservations. I'll bet the true native Americans are getting a real chuckle over all this. We're worried about losing "our" country, but we seem to forget we stole it in the first place. So maybe now somebody else is getting ready to steal it from US! What goes around comes around. We've become a little too self-righteous for our britches anyway.
141055
The Native American Tribe you are refering to is the Osage Indian Tribe.\n\n"the Ingalls family encounters a French-speaking Osage chief, Soldat du Chene. The Indian tribes who lived in the territory the Ingalls and other white settlers were occupying had decided to make war on the settlers. Soldat du Chene and his tribe came to plead with the other tribes not to kill the white people. He told the tribes that if they began to massacre the settlers, he and his strong Osage would fight them. This persuaded the other tribes to go away peacefully. Soldat du Chene thus saved the Ingalls family's lives."
1032591
Remember that originally there were more Native Americans than Caucasians.  The country is just restoring its natural balance.
52326
The Native Americans ,although unique people,are PEOPLE.They have their differences too.And the Chiefs were often at odds with each other on this subject.Many tribes split because of it.Some peaceful leaders,like washakie of the Shoshones made peace with the whites,while those like Quanna Parker of the Comanches fought desperately to resist removal.The Seminoles under Osceola,and Billy Bowlegs led their people into the everglades to avoid removal.So you see,they all dealt with things differently.The Natives are not all one people,but MANY individuals,with many individual leaders,tribes,ect.
524705
I wonder if the original native Americans (Red Injuns as you called em) had a say in the matter when the whites from across the ocean invaded their country and all but exterminated them.\n\nYou, dear person are also a descendant of immigrants yourself, I'm sure, as are most of the white and black American folks replying to you, unless you are of Native American descent (which I am sure you would not be proud to proclaim, if you were). Even the guys who came over on the Mayfair, they initiated the unjustness by being the harbingers of terror that culminated in the annihilation of native Americans\n\nI wonder when the Caucasian will ever get over the white 'massa' superiority complex?\n\n\nAmerica has been drawing people from all over the world, right from the days of it's discovery as a land with the fabled pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. Give it some more time, you'll end up with an exodus of people, as is happening among the immigrants from India which is gaining from the Brain Gain as opposed to the earlier brain drain.\n\nI remember when my cousin migrated to the US in the seventies, people had similar complaints about the Indians.\n\nTh reverse is happening now, a number of western countries have their top people insisting on an India stint, and the Indians, well they wanna come back to their roots.\n\nst
1008415
Native Americans did just fine in the world they lived in.  The white man moved in and upset their culture.  The white man spread disease and killed them outright.  The natives were lied to just to swindle them out of the land that was theirs to begin with.
214033
When the Jews moved back to modern day Isreal the land was unclaimed.  They did not steal any land from the Palestenians.  \n\nUnlike Isreal the United States is populated and the American people have a claim on the land.  Land has until recent years always been conqured and redistributed.  It was in fact the United States which led the way to end such practices in the western world.\n\nI do not mention this to downplay what happened in the U.S. I am part Cherokee and am saddened by many of the things that have happened in America's past, but the whole story is no longer told or is skewed in modern history textbooks.  Some of the native lands were actually sold to the colonists and yes the Indians did have a sense of ownership over the land and knew what they were doing when they sold it.  Most of the wars between tribes were in fact land disputes and this took place before European colonists started arriving as well as after. While some theft of Indian property and isolated incidents of attacks on individual indians did occur during colonial times it was not until the 19th century that the slaughter of tribes and the forcible relocations of people took place. In colonial times most people actually thought that the Indians were white, and that their skin had just been tanned by the sun.
1001625
What happened to the Indian people was wrong particularly the Trail of Tears and what happened on 9-11 was an evil act of terroism.  I believe that America can make things better for the American Indian even though I'm not sure where to begin as they are good people with good values.  I can't say that about Muslim fanatics who want to kill non Muslims around the world.
849353
There is no excuse for what happened to the Cherokees or any other Indian tribes in the early America history.  I am deeply disturbed by all the sorrow and pain my people have had to endure, even up to the present.
1161634
The native people were peaceful and friendly. Stealing horses was a game between tribes. Most did not war. Once the Europeans came they wanted it all and they had guns and whiskey. Between the diseases and whiskey and guns they conquered and killed.Sad. However the native Americans are getting theirs back. They are opening casinos on their reservations and taking all the white mans money.  Payback!!!
223274
The colonists eventually robbed the native americans of the land the native americans lived on for many years.
991670
they are doing what are in their genes. you know to grab land they killed the native americans. learn from their history
424115
I'm sick of people defending the Mexican invasion by saying "are YOU a Native American?" \n\nThe natural progression/ regression/ aggression of the world is change of power and control. EXACTLY LIKE IN ROME, and in London (once Londinium) and the USSR, and in every other part of the world.\n\nThe Native Americans were not a strong enough, unified force. They could not stop Europeans from taking over their lands. So it was forfeited. That is what happens in the world, that's what has happened ALL throughout history.\n\nNow, the Mexican invasion will more than likely change power and control of this country. Except for this time, we are not weak and ununified. We are just afraid of stepping on toes, and being called inhumane, or racist. We have the ability to fix this problem (we have for many years) but we CHOOSE not to. We'll probably be the first country EVER whose government allowed themselves to be taken over by another country without putting up a fight.
580096
No one seems to remember that the Indians (who I deeply respect) immigrated here from RUSSIA. There's no such thing as a native American.