What the government did to those people is outrageous. I truly cannot believe what they went through as they kept being pushed all over the country with most of them herded onto reservations like cattle.
The lust for gold and good land etc. by the people that came to this country was (and still is) nothing short of greediness.
Long before the Pilgrims came in 1620 the Spaniards arrived in the 1500's bringing with them horses, slaves, and pigs to take care of those that died along the way. (That part is not in the book.)
In my honest opinion, this book should be required reading in every school and every grade starting with middle schools on up.
Anyone who reads this and can still say they don't care what happened back then and still call themselves Americans is not telling the truth. The native people never stood a chance...
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You're right. We just kept shoving them West and then a real commando move when all tribes were sent to Oklahoma--eastern tribes, southern tribes--all of them.
I agree 100 percent. Next read about Christopher Columbus. Also, one book you might like is called "Mutant Message Down Under".
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