-=> Kalera Ashley said this to Ray Ledford <=-
 KA> I dunno. In a way I certainly agree... we could have kicked European
 KA> butt if  we'd banded together and set out to from the outset. But by
 KA> the time the Nations realized the nature of the threat, they had been
 KA> so decimated and  disorganized by disease, and so divided by politics,
 KA> that the war was already  decided.
Unfortunately, that's probably true. 
 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.
 KA> With this I agree 100%. We can't alter the past, but we can shape the
 KA> future. 
What do you think is the most important place to focus on at this
time?  Personally, I'm most fond of taking the government to court
over treaty violations, but there are the social problems to be
dealt with, too.  It all seems overwhelming.
... The white man will never be alone.  --Chief Seattle
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