Among the Indians there have been no written laws. Customs handed down from generation to generation have been the only laws to guide them. Every one might act different from what was considered right did he choose to do so, but such acts would bring upon him the censure of the Nation.... This fear of the Nation's censure acted as a mighty band, binding all in one social, honorable compact.
Chief Kah-ge-ga-bowh ,Ojibwa 1818-1863

trivia; did you know Sarah Palin's husband is Native American Eskimo

The english infected native americans with smallpox placed on blankets in an attempt to "Extirpate this Execrable Race".
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/...-with-smallpox

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Dictionary definition:
execrable \EK-sih-kruh-buhl\, adjective:
1. Deserving to be execrated; detestable; abominable.
2. Extremely bad; of very poor quality; very inferior.

The British Government vetoed that British General's plan.

Actually the American Government, as reported in Social Problems in Global Perspective page 282, under the topic titled:
The paradox continues: Genocide against the Indians, the plan was two part, first eliminate their main food source by killing all the buffalo, then all Native Americans. link:here

The city of Denver, Colorado advertising in the local newspapers even offered a reward for Indian Scalps priced according to male, female, child.
Denver has never accepted responsibility or apologized for their atrocity.

The number of Native Americans killed in this genocide far exceeds those killed in the Nazi Holocaust, and the practice continues to this day.

The term Indian Giver was coined to describe the American Governments policy of making a treaty with them acknowledging their rights to specific lands then coming later voiding the first treaty and issuing a new one taking back the land and putting them in reservations. When resources were discovered on these lands like gold, they too were taken back.

As much as they were villified, history has proven Native Americans to be one of the most moral, ethical and peaceful peoples of all time. So much so many organziations use them as models ie: the highest society within the Boy Scouts is the 'Order of the Arrow.'

The American language is filled with descriptions of the honor and dignity of Native Americas such as 'to walk tall like an indian, Stoic as an indian, and many more.

Your racial discrimination only advertises the smallness of your personality, and each time you attempt to belittle others you yourself become smaller in the eyes of the world.

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Your racial discrimination only advertises the smallness of your personality, and each time you attempt to belittle others you yourself become smaller in the eyes of the world.[/QUOTE]

Interesting. Since I quoted an exact quote from english paperwork that was on a website, that make me a racist.

Has it ever occured to you that I was showing a darkened day from the annals of English history rather than rejoicing in the sorrows of the indians? Of course not, since those who truly have a small mind inexorably veer towards absurd accusations of racism to squelch those who show the ridiculous nature of inane quibble generated to bring up such inutile detail such as "did you know Sarah Palin's husband is Native American Eskimo".

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Apology accepted.

Just based on population numbers, I find that very hard to believe. As for it continuing today; funny, I lived in the SW and must have missed something.

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History has distorted the fact, there were over 15 million Native Americans living in the Americas when the white men came.

As for the continuing. You have to understand the policy of recognition of today's Native Americans.
Although they have long been recognized as Sovereign Nations. Unlike other nations they are not allowed to accept emmigrants into the tribe whose children would be recognized as part of their Nations. Every other Nation in the world has a policy of accepting, naturalizing emigrants and immigrants diversifying thus strengthing the blood lines. Not so Native Americans.
Not only by American policy but practiced by every country indigent peoples live in, only those with 50% of a specific Tribe's Native blood can be recognized. Even the leaders of the Tribes were convinced to accept and practice this policy.
With the inability of the tribes to intermarry the blood lines have thinned so that now most accept those with 1/8 th blood lines.
One must realize without the infusion of other people into the tribes they will over time naturally diminish and disappear.
The Cherokee Nation recently disowned thousands of ex-slaves who had been tribal members for generations.

Simple math brings one to the conclusion unless the tribes themselves fight for the right to be able to adopt and naturalize emmigrants and members of other tribes into the Tribal Nations the
American Indian is on a downward trend to oblivion.

Whether passive or aggressive policies are practiced the result is still the same.

Forget it. You clearly do not know what your talking about.

To be considered a Native American by the government means an individual is at least 1/4 Native American.

Also, the population is growing, rapidly.

http://www.census.gov/population/www...e/amerind.html

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Let me be clearer.
At first a native had to be 100% pure blood of a tribe
It was reduced to 75% pure blood of a tribe
Then 50 % pure blood of a tribe
Then 50% mixed blood of any one, or two or more tribes
Then 25% mixed blood of any one or two or more tribes
Some tribes now recognize
12.5% mixed blood or one, or two or more tribes.

So you see we agree. I should have been more concise.

For statistics to be accurate one needs to know what parameters are being used.
but a quick look at the facts above show that the blood is being thinned and eventually will be gone.

Only one problem adlerian, I didn't apologize.

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