I usually take the side of any group or individual that refuse to surrender their arms to the U.S. government.
If only the Indians thought of telling the government that they lost their guns in a fishing accident.
“He who owns (Or wants to extract) gold controls all the rules” “Off the reservation” “Might makes right” “US government is not to be trusted” “US government sucks, is hypocritical, greedy, composed of grifters, backtracks, reneges on contracts, etc... Sums up the relationship with native “Indians” in the 19th century. Not perfect, however, far from good.