As someone who can claim Native American ancestry, (I can trace back to the individual and the tribe), it can be attested that many small bands given the chance joined larger bands for protection against their more war like neighbors, my band joined the white man.
Paul Stenquist wrote: > But the New York Times is probably the most liberal daily newspaper in > the U.S. They always take the side of the oppressed minority if they > can. On the other hand, they don't ignore inconvenient facts. > Considering the source I wouldn't call this "history rewritten by the > victors." The article about the violent cultures of the native > Americans appeared in the science section. In truth, it's history > rewritten by archaeologists. > Paul > On Jan 10, 2007, at 2:12 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: > > >> Paul, >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>> America before the Europeans was no Eden. There was an interesting >>> article in the New York Times a couple of weeks ago concerning the >>> mythology of the native Americans vs. the reality. The reality, in >>> many cases, was rape, child molestation and sacrifice and even >>> cannibalism. Running Bear and Little White Dove exist only in pop >>> culture. Paul >>> >> There is yet another saying, which I don't remember exactly who >> produced >> the first. Loosely translated from the way I know it, it sounds like >> this: "History is always (re)written by the victors"... >> >> See my hint? >> >> Boris >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> > > > -- -- The more I know of men, the more I like my dog. -- Anne Louise Germaine de Stael -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
