WisdomKeeper Cheyenne, Sept. 8, 2016; Xochitl, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
Many of the white man's business fruit labels celebrated the defeated Native Americans. |
The white man came to "America" in search of wealth and power. There were an estimated 100 million Natives here. Many would endure four centuries of struggle and resistance before the sun finally set upon their free dominion.
These European enslavers, colonialists, and settlers came in wave upon wave to occupy Native American lands. In the bellies of their ships Europeans carried horses, steel guns, and diseases. And in their hearts they carried a belief or useful lie about their "destiny" to rule the Americas from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
These European enslavers, colonialists, and settlers came in wave upon wave to occupy Native American lands. In the bellies of their ships Europeans carried horses, steel guns, and diseases. And in their hearts they carried a belief or useful lie about their "destiny" to rule the Americas from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
Last of the proud warriors resisting invasion |
Yet, the history of America is in many ways the history of the Amer-Indians, for they gave the Europeans the skills and knowledge needed to survive in the New World. These are the stories of the mightiest Indian Nations.
The Iroquois of Upstate New York were a unique confederation of six nations. Their great law of peace attracted the attention of American colonists, who were forging their own new country.
The Iroquois of Upstate New York were a unique confederation of six nations. Their great law of peace attracted the attention of American colonists, who were forging their own new country.
The Catholic Church was a military arm. |
The Navajo, whose powerful spiritual link to the land inspired a courageous defense of their territory in the great Southwest, also resisted.
Become "Mexican" or cease to exist. |
Their brothers, the Lakota, the defiant warriors of the west who united with the Cheyenne to hold back the tide of Western expansion for 50 years, aligned with others against a common invading enemy.
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