eolesen said:
Considering my wife's family is Cherokee, I really don't need you to be telling me *their* story.
The Five Civilized Tribes were already farther advanced compared to the warring & nomadic tribes out in the plains. The fact they chose to co-exist with the Europeans was a conscious decision, not forced.
You can question it all you want, but given the relative prosperity of those tribes today compared to what you see in NM, AZ, and the Dakotas, it's pretty clear to me the tribal elders made the right decision.
Like 'swallowing' the Bull Shiit'....that jesus was their personal savior ?
Or lets put it this way, the Lakota Sioux were WRONG..........in thier Powerful Spiritual beliefs, compared to all the 'uncle Tomahawks'............who decided to ...' Go along (just) to Get along ' with thier White christian INVADERS ?
I've had personal friends, members of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe....in South Dakota...tell me emphatically, that the Reason that things are so bad to this day, is because the Lakota, and thier close allies the Northern Cheyenne (in Montana) have refused to CONVERT, or sell thier HOLY LAND (the Black Hills) to Washington for the BRIBE money that DC has had on the table for quite some time.
I too am very aware of the 'Success $$$$$ ' of the 'uncle TOM-AHAWK' tribes .
Lets take a more in depth look around the Dakotas and Montana Eric shall we Eric.
The ONLY tribe doing well(like the 'uncle TOM-AHAWK' tribes) in that 3 state region are the CROW nation in southeastern Montana. Now Eric, wouldn't you find that a bit odd, I mean WHY only the Crows ???
OH, wait a minute,..........I forgot. I Forgot that the Crow were the only TRAITORS who 'chomped on Uncle Sams Banana' during the great battles with the Lakota....with thier great leaders like SITTING BULL / Crazy Horse / and Red Cloud. The Great Blackfeet nation in northwestern Montana didn't fare well either, and as you mentioned earlier, the Navaho in NM / AZ !
Not hard for Everyone to SEE.....Eric, how this...." GO Along to GET ALONG " Shiit works (Sadly LED by the Western Cherokee), right brother ???????
Now if you had said the EASTERN Cherokee, well THAT would have put a 'different look' on things then.
And Finally, you speak of the 'RIGHT DECISIONS' made by the western cherokee.
THEY must have looked and sounded like the biggest buch of GD FOOLS, all dressed up in thier White mans clothes, praying to JESUS, while being marched in the F'n SNOW while infants, small kids, women and old men were DYING, compliments of thier....' NEW BEST (WHITE) FRIENDS' who invited them to go for a " LITTLE WALK " !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Your turn !