where are all the Native Americans?

[Elegiac]

Yeah, though most are actually half-natives, don't know word in english, metis? Or are you talking about those tribes sitting really in the middle of the Amazon?

You know, it's sad in a way, though the Aztecs and the Mayans were kind of extremely violent, the Inca were a bit more rational, I read a bit about them, their empire could have rivaled those of our days with similar technology, they already had layed some aspects of an orderly society, taxing, redistribution of wealth, infrastructure, aqueducts etc.

Mestizo is the term used.

[Deleted]

Many of the remaining tribes are self-destructing now, due to the influence of casinos. They get a check from the casino paid to every member of the tribe, so the tribes are disenrolling other tribe members in order to reduce the number of people getting checks and increase the value of each check cut by the casino. The remaining tribes are getting smaller and smaller.

Sorry to hear that... guess in the end greed won, their society was destroyed because of the greed of the colonists, and now they destroy themselves because of it too.

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Mestizo is the term used.

Thank you.

[Tradewind]

Many of the remaining tribes are self-destructing now, due to the influence of casinos. They get a check from the casino paid to every member of the tribe, so the tribes are disenrolling other tribe members in order to reduce the number of people getting checks and increase the value of each check cut by the casino. The remaining tribes are getting smaller and smaller.

Near me there are two tribes, one is relatively successful...they own properties, rental estates, golf courses and casinos. Generally likeable and contribute to the area as a whole without playing the "oppressed reds" card all the time. The other tribe, live off the government entirely, live in shacks and trailers, steal shit all the time...they'll rent cars and drive them to the reservation where the police cannot do fuck all about it...and are generally useless drains on the economy in general.

[Svifnymr]

Most are gone, they were massacred ever since settlers arrived all the way to close to WW1. Many of those that weren't massacred also died of diseases new to them. Did any of you play Bioshock: Infinite? A thing mentioned there is the Wounded Knee battle, check it out, it's a real thing. It was one of the last things like that fortunately.

The main thing with Wounded Knee that Bio did for me was putting it more into the timeline. A lot of these events are sort of taught in isolation (or were when I was in school many decades ago), so yeah you hear about Wounded Knee (1890), the Spanish-American War (1898) and such, but you really don't realize how recent they were compared to say, WW1 (1912) being "modern". Like someone drew a line in time and said "this stuff is old, this stuff is modern".

[Manhands]

Near me there are two tribes, one is relatively successful...they own properties, rental estates, golf courses and casinos. Generally likeable and contribute to the area as a whole without playing the "oppressed reds" card all the time. The other tribe, live off the government entirely, live in shacks and trailers, steal shit all the time...they'll rent cars and drive them to the reservation where the police cannot do fuck all about it...and are generally useless drains on the economy in general.

Yep, cause rich people are great and poor people 'steal' and are 'useless drains on the economy'. Not a big fan of this post.

[Reeve]

Yep, cause rich people are great and poor people 'steal' and are 'useless drains on the economy'. Not a big fan of this post.

I think he's suggesting that these people aren't poor because of reasons beyond their ability to fix. That they're poor because they're lazy, while the other tribe is well off because they've worked hard to make that so. I don't know how true that is, but you've left out an entire dimension of what he said to make it sound worse than it was.

[Tradewind]

Yep, cause rich people are great and poor people 'steal' and are 'useless drains on the economy'. Not a big fan of this post.

Way to miss the point...

One tribe is actually working and contributing and being rewarded for that...the other is doing absolutely fuck all.

[Raidenx]

Anglo-Saxons slaughtered them all and put the leftovers on shitty plots of land

[Rukentuts]

Anglo-Saxons slaughtered them all and put the leftovers on shitty plots of land

Most actually died to the diseases brought over by the aforementioned people, not the people themselves.

[Gamdwelf]

I've seen many native american's you're not looking hard enough.

[Cybran]

Paleface happened.

Most actually died to the diseases brought over by the aforementioned people, not the people themselves.

The British gave them blankets with the desieses as well.

[Elegiac]

The British gave them blankets with the desieses as well.

Rarely. Most died due to plagues that preceded the Europeans.

[Linkedblade]

It's sad to say but most Indian Nation Reservations are rampant with drug abuse and child abuse. It's truly a shame. I am one eighth Cherokee and I'm proud of it. The family land is still where it was originally which is on the current border of Tennessee and North Carolina. If you don't know the Cherokee were the most compliant with the changes the Europeans brought. They created a written language, began to build homesteads, etc. So, if anything, the Cherokee were assimilated and stayed where they were. As for the other nations, some seen much worse fates.

If you don't know much about it I would suggest reading up on it. Two topics I find the most knowledgeable are the Trail of Tears and the early 1900's re-education schools for Native Americans. Talk about high grade indoctrination!

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The British gave them blankets with the desieses as well.

They didn't do this intentionally, until hundreds of years after the first european settlers had arrived.

[Reeve]

I thought it common knowledge that they were essentially wiped out by the new americans. Theres probably splintered groups still around, but I cant imagine theres many.



This site baffles me every day, a simple warning would have sufficed, instead of 5 points leading to a ban...

I didn't report the guy, but I don't blame the mod. LMGTFY links are one of the most condescending prick-ish things people do on the internet.

[Tradewind]

I didn't report the guy, but I don't blame the mod. LMGTFY links are one of the most condescending prick-ish things people do on the internet.

idk I've been infracted for less haha.

[Neetz]

I love the whole culture and history of the Native American people, they were wonderful spiritual people and the way they lived back in those days until they were wiped out... was what I'd call a wonderful way of life. The tribes we know/knew of are just a tiny fraction of the many many many that were wiped out. Thats humanity at it's lowest for you.

[Belloc]

Living on reservations, living as private citizens, and, probably most commonly, integrated and mixed in with the rest of the assorted nationalities living in the United States.

The Native American way of life no longer applies to most of society, obviously, and so it's natural for that way of life to die off. Granted, a lot of them were killed off instead of dying off, but that's not what's happening anymore. I'm sure some of them still practice the old ways on certain reservations/private areas, but most are integrated into today's society and have mixed in with other races and cultures.

[Reeve]

I love the whole culture and history of the Native American people, they were wonderful spiritual people and the way they lived back in those days until they were wiped out... was what I'd call a wonderful way of life.

Warlike and violent, dying young?

[Svifnymr]

I love the whole culture and history of the Native American people, they were wonderful spiritual people and the way they lived back in those days until they were wiped out... was what I'd call a wonderful way of life. The tribes we know/knew of are just a tiny fraction of the many many many that were wiped out. Thats humanity at it's lowest for you.

Tribes are like most gatherings of people, they varied a lot. Sure some were spiritual, just as others were constantly fighting and killing each other. The Aztec's don't seem like a friendly spiritual people to me...

[uopayroll]

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