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It Wasn't Fair For Native Americans (Indians) Back In The Day To Be Called "savages" Or Anything Else. We Came In And Took Everything Away From Them.....which Gave Them The Complete Right To Attack Us. We Killed Many Of Them....and So They, In Turn, Took Some Of Us As Well. It Was Not Fair For The Native Americans Back In The Day.
by In_love In_love
 08 Dec 2007 22:20  
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 Not fair at all... We had no right to just trampled over them. But the world back then isn't the same as ours today. They were ignorant of the fact the the natives weren't "Indians" or "savages", They settlers didn't know better.

Beastlust is right!!!
That was WAY back then, it's no use dwelling on the past. It' better to focus on the future and learn from our mistakes. Most of us don't even know what it felt like to be them so we can't complain.

Besides, the native Americans weren't the only people to have their land taken away from them. It's happened to most other races at one point or another
 09 Dec 2007 06:47
by Megamaster Megamaster
 Dammm right!! But the way I see it, that was a long time ago and over with. It does not give us the right to still be prejudiced over the past. I still hear a lot of natives complain about the white man, hell even some of the whites complain about it as well. What the whites have done to the native Indians was also done to dang near every other race. Every minority felt the greed and wrath of the white man, and they in turn were attacked as well. I say that that is in the past, let it be, there is no going back and changing the wrongs done to us, let's just change the here and now for the better of all mankind.
 09 Dec 2007 04:28
by Beastlust Beastlust
 At Pow Wow's they still tell the stories of the Slaughter of Old Men, Women, and Babies! While the men were off hunting!
Plus THEY burned the crops and villages! Also they cut the male parts off the dead men to sell as tobacco pouches sold for BIG money in the city's!
All is documented in the book by "something" Dee and is called "Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee"
The White man made Hitler look like a garden party!
If you think the only good Indian is a dead Indian, I'M INDIAN, try ME!
Logic101
 10 Dec 2007 20:17
by Logic101 Logic101
 I think you're right.It was really unfair for the Red Indians to be attacked by the 'white men' with guns.The whites had an advantage over the Red Indians and they really hadn't stood a chance.But now the Government is trying to make amends by reserving seats for these minorities.No one can change the past,but something is being done to let them have a brighter future.So I'd say 'Let bygones be bygones'
 10 Dec 2007 16:39
by Tamu_rok Tamu_rok
 History repeats itself. Just because it happened a long time ago doesn't give anyone the right to just forget about the atrocity. Their descendants are in a bad economic situation because of the past atrocities. Without us knowing, things similar to what happened to the native Americans are happening to other nations on the other side of the globe. And, no one is saying anything. Let's not turn a blind eye to reality.
 10 Dec 2007 14:16
by Philpay Philpay
 Your right, it was wrong of settlers to do that. They thought that just because the Native Americans had a different way of doing things they were savages.
 09 Dec 2007 19:57
by Cyndal Cyndal
 It was not fair, it was closer to preplanned genocide! To the victor goes the spoils, whether by foul or fair fight is involved. If not for that, many of us would not be here.
 08 Jun 2008 23:19
by Pencil Pencil
 I agree, they were treated bad and everything was taken from them.
 08 Jun 2008 06:46
by Cabrunet Cabrunet
 They did not deserve to be called that. I'm just glad my family had nothing to do with it. I'm white but my family in the 1930's immigrated to south America
and the 20+ yrs. Ago my
mom & dad came here.
 04 Jun 2008 00:34
by JessMW_jmw JessMW_jmw
 Of course it wasn't.
 23 Apr 2008 02:36
by Ladygem_9 Ladygem_9
 You're right!!anyone saying that is terrible
 14 Jan 2008 00:45
by Ramzydb823 Ramzydb823
 I agree with this.
 12 Jan 2008 19:56
by Bwtsrl Bwtsrl
 I agree!
 10 Dec 2007 01:25
by Kimliv Kimliv
 I have to disagree with your statement, only because it sounds as if all people from Europe that came in the 1600's and 1700's were evil and nasty to the Indians, which is not true at all. People came here for a better life and for freedom of religion, and most people chose not to bother the Indians. There are a few people, however, who decided that their land wasn't enough and chose to fight the Indians. Yes, this may seem unfair to the Indians, but this was so long ago. There is fights with every minority today, so I think we should forgive and forget this one and concentrate on what is going on now.
 09 Dec 2007 23:16
by ShakeIt100 ShakeIt100
 Whatever, dude. They were the original terrorists.
 21 Aug 2008 11:58
by Jungle_jim Jungle_jim
 Of course it was fair to call them savages. All's fair in love and war. And some of my native Cherokee ancestors were mean SOBs, slave owners and the like. All men are beasts.
 09 May 2008 19:04
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