Bald Eagle and the Hekawi will be on the warpath.
Posted on 06/14/2024 12:50:57 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
is that adjusted for inflation? cause back then it was worth a whole lot less.
Yes it kind of sucked if you were an Indian .
But, most of them stole the land from fellow tribes.
So was it “their land”?
All ‘non-profits’ should be outlawed across the board.
Earlier immigrants.
NOW they tell us?
Exactly. All land on planet earth 🌎🌍🌏 is stolen land.
I don’t believe “Indians” believed in ownership of lands
Well said.
Their claim of owning anything they touched...from the beginning of time...is a lot of cr**. You own what you now occupy and have no rights to what you owned previously.
Also Indians: "You stole our land!"
Bald Eagle and the Hekawi will be on the warpath.
This whole thing is idiotic. The “native Americans” (people that just happened to be here when the Europeans arrived) were for the most part nomadic tribes following their food source and other essentials necessary for survival. Until the European settlers established property rights none existed. Were the tribes treated unfairly? No doubt about it. Did individual tribes “own” the land? No, they had no concept of “ownership”, merely temporary possession until a stronger tribe took over.
My feeling exactly. In real life, there are no do-overs.
It wasn’t worth $1.7 trillion until it was developed.
Who decided that Finders-Keepers was the Law of Land?
Yep. You had a relatively small number of primitive people occupying an entire continent. It was inevitable that they would be displaced by more advanced cultures. It was only a matter of time.
And I really get tired of the Left’s characterization of them as wise, gentle, peaceful people living in harmony with nature. The truth is that the Indian tribes were primitive, believing in pagan fables, constantly warred with each other, enslaved members of rival tribes, and contrary to the “in harmony with nature” narrative have been found to have intentionally stampeded huge herds of buffalo off cliffs and then only used a small portion of the resulting carnage, leaving the rest to rot. And while some tribes were more friendly toward European settlers, others were absolutely barbaric and often attacked whites without provocation. In other words, they were sinful people like everyone else, and undeserving of the glorification they have received from western civilization-hating libs. Sure, bad things were done to them in some cases by whites, but they also did bad things to whites and had a history of doing bad things to each other long before white people arrived. They hold no special moral standing versus any other people in world history.
And, incidentally, the same thing can be said for black Americans who constantly try to portray themselves as victims because of the history of slavery in the Americas. The reality is that slavery has been a worldwide phenomenon throughout world history, and those enslaved in one era have often been the enslavers in another. There were over 4,000 black slave OWNERS in colonial America, and there were also over 300,000 WHITE SLAVES in America (enslaved by the British) as well. In Africa, just as with the American Indians, black tribes often warred with each other and enslaved members of rival tribes. They then took many of these slaves to the African coast to sell to European slave traders. So black Americans’ African ancestors are every bit as guilty for the slave trade as were white Europeans. And that African slave trade continues even today, with Muslim Africans enslaving non-Muslim blacks and even selling them in slave auctions.
I’m sick and tired of primitive people being held up as somehow superior to the product of centuries of cultural advancement that occurred in Europe. Western civilization is inarguably the pinnacle of human advancement, and the displacement of primitive pagans by this culture was unavoidable.
Joking aside, there were over 350 treaties with indian tribes that the United States, state, and local governments breached, usually without consequence.
And the Indians stole it from somebody else.
To the victors go the spoils. Tough nut for native tribes.
Yeah, 100% ... and since we acquired the land of Colorado both from the French in the Louisiana Purchase and from the Mexicans in 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe in 1848, they should rightfully take up their claim with Mexico. But the Mexicans claim came from taking it from Spain who first laid claim to the lands in 1541. But LaSalle did claim all the lands of Colorado for France in 1682 ... so EITHER France or Spain should pay their claim. Take it up with them.
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