[jboot]

There used to be a very eye-opening exhibit in the Smithsonian's Museum of Natural History about the actual practices of the American Indians. Having attendend a few modern ersatz "potlatches" I was astounded by the descriptions of the real things, replete with human sacrifice and cannibalism.

That exhibit was demolished a couple decades ago. No mention of such beastial practices now on Smithsonian property. The new Native American museum is hardly worthy of being called a museum: it's more of a shrine. Of course.

[Vigilanteman]

If you can ever find one of the National Geographic books on North American Indians which was published Circa 1985 or earlier, you would do yourself and future generations a big favor to buy it and ensure it is preserved.

Indeed, I say this as a Native American myself who is appalled at how much of our history has been dropped into a "memory hole" in just the last generation or so. Some tribes were actually more civilized than our white counterparts, but not all of them were. The Aztecs were one of the worst even though they had the trappings of civilization like great public works.

Did you ever read George Orwell's epic novel 1984? I say we are living it now, even more than we are Atlas Shrugged.