RL> Let's face it -- if the various Native nations had united against
 RL> the European settlers instead of remaining Balkanized, they wouldn't
 RL> have lost their lands and so many of their people.
I think that even if the nations joined forces,the mere numbers of white 
settlers,along with there advanced firepower,eventually would have won 
nyway.
 RL> What's important today is that we work toward preventing this kind
 RL> of thing from happening again and to restore as much of what has
 RL> been lost via treaty violations as possible.
I fully agree. That is why I am enthused about this echo. It seems to me that 
other minority groups in America have political clout,WE need some as well. 
When I hear of equal hiring on jobs,and having representive employment;I hear 
them speak of Blacks,Mexicans,and even Asians,but I never hear them saying 
that we need to hire more Native Americans. If it was not for our helping the 
whites to learn to adapt to our country,they would have died off. We deserve 
more consideration than we are getting I think.
                          Dean
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