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Originally posted by onthedownlow
Well, its obvious what illegal imigration did for Native Americans. You would think that this Native American would understand our plight, Indians aren't allowing open imigration to their reservations. The video in the OP should be a strong argument against illegal imigration.
Originally posted by mardukiscoming
reply to post by HelenConway
No argument from me.They most definitely got the shaft.However,this is really nothing new.Throughout the history of mankind there have been many indigenous peoples who became the victims of foreign invaders.The only real difference is that those other peoples were,for the most part wiped off the face of the planet,either through inter breeding or out and out genocide.At least the Native Americans were allowed to continue breathing.Once again,I am not condoning what happened,just stating facts.
Originally posted by VictorVonDoom
It seems to me that Native Americans should know better than anyone about the problems associated with unchecked illegal immigration. It's obvious that the ones pushing hardest for this are the elites that want cheap labor to lower wages for everyone. We should just go with our natural distrust of the motives of the Federal Government.
Originally posted by HelenConway
This post started off well - until I read the last sentence.- which I will repeat below.
''At least the Native Americans were allowed to continue breathing.Once again,I am not condoning what happened,just stating facts''
This is a disgraceful and thoughless statement, You should be ashamed.
1] most wars do NOT lead to the invaders wiping the peoples of the conquered nation off the planet - so that is factually incorrect.
2] The Native Americans - were subjugated, marginalised, displaced and many starved to death, following the Indian Wars, the many land displacements they endured,
They died from the diseases that were intentionally and unintentionally inflicted on them, plus, starvation, war, alcohol etc.
So you think it is all ok because some of them were left breathing -- come on .................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Originally posted by HelenConway
Originally posted by mardukiscoming
reply to post by cornucopia
While I agree that "native Americans" got a raw deal when white europeans came to America,this man does not have his history quite right.The ancestors fo what we call "native Americans" came here from somewhere else.They came across the Bering landbridge several thousand years ago during the last ice age.So while his people may have been here longer than,say,my people,he is no more,and no less "Native" than am I.
That is right their DNA has been traced to a place of origin in Siberia.
That does not negate the fact that they were the settled population when the English arrived and the later Europeans, who destroyed their way of life. For good.