New research reveals that American Indians were just like the Euro’s that eventually conquered them

[Mac-7]

Life in north America before european settlement was brutal and often short

Archeologists have found evidence of scalping and mutilation

 

[Deplorable Yankee]

Life in north America before european settlement was brutal and often short

Archeologists have found evidence of scalping and mutilation

No say it ain't so

 

[rampart]

Life in north America before european settlement was brutal and often short

Archeologists have found evidence of scalping and mutilation

i think you'll find some significant differences between the agricultural and hunter/gatherer cultures but , like most aspects of the "founding myth" the rough edges have been polished off in the telling.

mac, there is an age appropriateness to how we teach history. kindegartners probably should hear about the first thanksgiving and the possibility of sharing, but i'm not sure about when the trail of tears or what we would now call atrocities like scalping and such.

 

[toobfreak]

Life in north America before european settlement was brutal and often short

So basically, it is human nature to be territorial and to fight for land and resources for your own survival so that the strongest survive, just that, it was THEIR LAND and territory to fight over, until Europeans move in and stole it from them because they enjoyed about a 5,000 year advancement in technology.