[theDentist]

"How would you feel if you were a Native American who saw the European invaders taking away your land?"

I'd love to hear a kid reply: "I'd feel like it was a vast mistake not to progress beyond out agricultural society to one more industrial. History shows us that we will lose in the face of progress, like the South did in the Civil War."

[longtermmemmory]

"How would you feel if you were a Native American who saw the European invaders taking away your land?"

Actually they felt nothing initially. They did not believe anyone could actually "own" land. In fact when the indians sold Manhatan to the Dutch, the Indians thought THEY were cheating the Dutch!

It is a matter of whose definition won out. In this case the European defenition won. (now the envirowackos are trying to change it to only animals can own land)

I believe it is more a matter of couching all history in "the founding fathers are baaaaad" and "all european history is wroooooong or eeeevil." (other than communism, maxism, and fascism according to the left.)

It is the Hitler approach, if the Left (like GLSEN) control the children, they control the future.

[mushroom]

It's always good to remember that the "noble American Indian" was still in the stone age when the Europeans arrived. Like many before them, they lost to a technologically superior foe. Much like the Brits lost to the Romans and the Australian aborigines lost to the Brits much later. The big difference is that the Indians had been separated from the rest of humanity by previously uncrossable oceans and had never developed immunity to the diseases the Europeans brought.

[bvw]

What's really ironically funny is that "Native American" is worse than "Indian", pc-wise. "American" is from Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian who went to work for Spain -- just like the European imperialist tyrannt and slave-master Columbus!

What an INSULT!

Especially since the scorned term "Indian" is a derived from reference to the eco-friendly vegetarian Ghandi-cousins, the Hindus.

[Calpernia]

It really isn't funny. My eight year old was being taught like this a few weeks ago.