"I really cannot bear having American Indians mocked and maligned even if they are unduly influenced by leftist activists. I resent it. I hear bloated ignorance about Indian tribal culture the basis of which was a council of wise elders and a commune order for survival."
I agree, we shouldn't mock. However, I think it perfectly fair to look back in time and examine reasons for a particular outcome. Indians lost because they were defeated/absorbed by a technologically superior culture. The South lost the Civil War because the North was numerically and technologically superior. The German army and particularly the Waffen SS fought very hard but were crushed by numerically and technologically superior nations.
*In my post, I did not argue against the historical reality of cause and effect, nor against reasons for the inevitable result. I do argue against unfair characterizations and ignorant misrepresentions of Indians past and present.
My beautiful Indian wife calls Columbus day the day of the invasion. She did cook turkey today and it was pretty good.