DakotaRed, my challenge was about you saying 'ancient' history. I mean, where have you been about 'modern' history of the Native American Indians?
About diseased blankets given to Native people to wipe them out in this day and age? How about the story that was aired on a show similiar to 60 minutes where the government gave Native people in Arizona 'radioactive' building materials to build their home!!!!! Now if you consider the last 25-50 years as being 'ancient' history, then my time table of time is really screwed up.
In 1990 Canada had the Oka crisis in which most of this news was blocked out in the USA. Back in 1880's (ancient history), the Candian government came up with an 'Act' called the Indian Act. In that first edition, they defined of an Indian was a 'none person!'
May I refer you to 'ancient' history about Andrew Jackson's treatment of the Cherokee's. He removed the Cherokee's from their homeland and had the old people and young children walk in the dead of winter (500 miles) to another location. This in defiance to Chief Justice John Marshall's order that the Cheokee's had a right to stay in their homeland.
My question to you is, is justice prejudice? Does justice apply only to modern times and not 'ancient' times? Apparently killing people in ancient history (in the past)compared to modern times differ greatly, how interesting! I'll have to think that through. It was OK to kill Indians in 'ancient' history but not in modern times, hmmmm some reasoning.
About Casino's and treaties, your way off base. Your so off base on this issue that you better go back and do some home work. If you knew the full story as why the government is allowing and permitting casino's on Indian reserves it would shock you. In fact, Time magaizine had a two part story about Native casino's and who's profiting. I'll give you a clue, the government gave a non-Indian women an Indian status so she can open a casino! The government is still pursuing their aim of assimilating the Indians.
Untaxed merchandise? Have you read the part in YOUR USA constitution that Indians are exempt from taxation? If the USA is a Christian nation then why are they not following Jesus words at Matt. 5:37, "Just let... your ...Yes mean Yes..." when it come to keeping treaties?
So killing isn't bad, its not 'pure' evil you say? I guess it all depends on who's doing the killing and what era, correct?
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