Thaths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > According to the 2000 census data, indigenous people are less than 1% > of the US population (0.87%; 2.4 million)[1]. The ratio is not going > to change much even including them in counts of ethnic minority.
Indeed. The European settlers did a thorough job of killing off their competitors here. (I would say "we" but for the fact that my ancestors didn't touch the New World until around 1950, by which time the deed had long since been done. Also, it is widely claimed that the Dutch bought Manhattan fair and square for a basket of beads or some such. I have no idea if it is true, but if it is then the locals at least got something they wanted for the land under my apartment building, which is far better than the usual deal of the time: lead shot, smallpox virus, and "reservations".) Perry -- Perry E. Metzger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
