[djpg]

If the Indians were not the first people here, does that mean that they are not true "native Americans" and that they stole the land from the indigenous people?

[Flyer]

I guess we get to keep the Southwest now.

[blam]

"If the Indians were not the first people here, does that mean that they are not true "native Americans" and that they stole the land from the indigenous people?"

The DNA evidence suggests that there was at least some assimilation. The Obijawe(sp) Indians have the highest percent (25%) of this 'X-gene' today.

[Wonder Warthog]

"...does that mean that they are not true "native Americans" and that they stole the land from the indigenous people?"

Any of'em that were born here ARE "native Americans", just like thee and me.

[Ditto]

If the Indians were not the first people here, does that mean that they are not true "native Americans" and that they stole the land from the indigenous people?

IMHO, if you are born here and accept the Pledge of Allegiance (with or without God in it), you ARE a Native American. That's the end of the story and exactly what I taught my kids. They are not hyphenated anything. They are Native Americans and it does not matter a damn which stone age DNA got here first. That stuff is all nonsense which ever way people want to spin it.

[longtermmemmory]

as that communist organizer of the may 1 "boycott" said

"bbeeesa? weee don't neeed a beeeesa"