What about the Indian’s?
By Ann LeFlore
@poehere (15123)
French Polynesia
August 25, 2017 1:58am CST
All this talk about slavery and nobody ever talks about the Indian’s. My father is French and my mother is a Sioux Indian. Recently the blacks think they can demand so much from the people who live in America. The Indians received the worst deal of all. I never hear them demanding anything from the American people.
If it wasn’t for my mother’s people most of the people who came to this new land would be dead. If this happened a long time ago the Indian’s would still have their lands. The people who came to the new world took what they wanted and killed my mother’s people.
They threw them on worthless land and gave them nothing at all. All the words written on paper and the promises they made were all lies. They took their children away from them and put them in schools. They cut their hair and dressed them like foreigners. They humiliated the children and demanded they become civilized.
No matter how you look at it the Indian’s and the slaves all received a bad deal. The people they stole from their homes and shipped them half way around the world was just wrong, the same with the Indians. It seems through history, people take what they want and what isn’t theirs to take. This is just wrong.
Sorry guys/ but everyone in America celebrates Thanksgiving. It is because of the Indian’s that this holiday exists. Nobody ever talks about the Indian’s and what they did to them. I think we should reflect back on this and thank the Indian’s for saving the white people who came to the new world. I think this is only fair. What do you think?.
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@LadyDuck (502148)
• Italy
25 Aug 17
You are right and what you say is true. Indians were the first inhabitants of the United States and they received the worst treatment they could receive. People coming from Europe stole their lands and killed them and now they are confined in reservations. This is what is going to happen to Europeans soon. Those immigrants will throw us outside our countries. History teaches nothing.
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. France has always been a land welcoming migrants, and I cannot believe this.
@topffer (42155)
• France
25 Aug 17
@LadyDuck It was 65% last month, I give you a link, it is interesting. Oh, well, it has always been the case : in the 1980's there were too many Asian immigrants, in the 1970's too many Portuguese and Lebanese, in the 1960's too many Algerians, in the 1940's too many Spanish, in the 1930's too many Italians, in the 1920's too many Russians, etc. At the end, every French has some foreign blood
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Selon un sondage Ipsos pour Le Monde, les Français jugent majoritairement que les étrangers sont "trop nombreux" et que l'islam est incompatible avec les valeurs françaises.
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@LadyDuck (502148)
• Italy
25 Aug 17
@topffer It depends which kind of immigrants. Switzerland needs immigrants, but the immigrants here do not come asking to have a house, to be paid without moving a finger, to have the nationality just to touch a pension when they age. May be France welcomes immigrants, but 70% of French people think that there are "too many foreigners" in France. I know that Italians were not so very welcome in Monte-Carlo, they tolerated us because we rented their places and brought clients and money there. It's the same here.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
25 Aug 17
Since I live in Cherokee land - we hear lots about them, their lives, the Trail of Tears, etc. There are all kinds of museums, etc. around here dedicated to them and many people are aware and care about what they went through. Most of the roads where we previously lived were all Cherokee names.
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
25 Aug 17
I visited my Great Grandfather at the reservation when I was younger. I learned so much from him. I spent one summer there. It was the best summer of my life. I have my Indian name and I was taught so many of their ways. I heard the stories and what happened. It is sad to see how they live. I think the only saving grace for them is the fact that they allow them to have gambling on the reservations to earn money for the people. In California there is still the Indians there and from time to time my grandma and I went to the reservations there. They are not her people, but we were always welcomed and I loved being there.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
25 Aug 17
@poehere I have never been to one of their casinos, but then again I don't gamble. It is good that you were able to spend time with your great grandfather.
@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
25 Aug 17
@AbbyGreenhill I don't gamble either, so I don't go there. Plus I don't live in the US now. We went to see friends on the reservation when my grandma took me. She never gambled in her life and never visited one of the casinos there.
@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
25 Aug 17
Thank you so much Judy. I sort of went off on this post because recently I have been reading a lot of posts here about slavery. Nobody once said a word about the Indians. I just think that people should think about them too. My mom's people never demand anything. I think others should follow this example.
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@Freelanzer (10782)
• Canada
27 Aug 17
I actually think your statement about blacks in America is quite offensive. Blacks are Americans and they built it with their blood sweat and tears as slaves as have other immigrants including native Americans. I am black and there are lots of black folks here so we need to show respect to one another. Why does everything have to be about race? We can lift up each other or mention the problems one is having without attacking another.
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
27 Aug 17
I am not trying to offend you or any other Black Americans. I am sorry that I have done this. I have been seeing so many posts about slavery lately it just made me mad. I am so sorry and yes you are right. We need to respect everyone and I did not mean to disrespect the Black Americans. I was just tired of reading the posts about slavery. That is all.
@RichardMeister (5328)
• Otis Orchards, Washington
25 Aug 17
You have done a big no-no here. They are no longer called Indians. They are called Native Americans. With that aside, yes I agree with you.
@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
25 Aug 17
I haven't been or lived in the US in over 40 years. So I had no idea that they have a new classification and title. I still feel strongly about what I wrote and I think that people should consider why they are there now in the US. It was because of them.
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@RichardMeister (5328)
• Otis Orchards, Washington
25 Aug 17
@poehere Yes, I figured since they have been considered Native Americans for several years now (I'm thinking it's been a good 20 years) that you must not have known about the change. And I do agree with you. There are things about Thanksgiving that many Americans don't know about. The Thanksgiving our celebrations are based on was not the first Thanksgiving celebrations in what is now part of the United States. There were at least 2 celebrations before the one we base ours on. Before Thanksgiving was a national holiday it was celebrated on different days in different states. Some states even celebrated it on two different days so it was celebrated twice a year in these states. It was also celebrated in December at one time. There was some goofy rules about when it would be celebrated before it was declared to be a holiday on the last Thursday of November.
@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
25 Aug 17
@RichardMeister I have no idea about any of this. I just knew in November we celebrated it when I was growing up. My mom always celebrated it in France when I was younger and when I moved to the US they celebrated it there.
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@moneychaser (813)
• Baguio, Philippines
26 Aug 17
India is a great country. A one great thing I know among others, Mathematics originated in India. Am I correct with this? In America, a greater percentage of professionals are Indians too.
"The Last of The Mohicans", isn't this by an Indian musician too? I like listening to this music repeatedly.
@Tampa_girl7 (54714)
• United States
26 Aug 17
I also have French and several types of American Indian in me. They differently treated them horribly.
@nanette64 (20363)
• Fairfield, Texas
25 Aug 17
I have always believed that the Indians got the raw deal @poehere . And yeah, right now, the only ones that should be protesting is them.
@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
25 Aug 17
I knew this post might be on the edge and might get deleted from here, but I still had to write it. I have read so much lately on slaves and what the blacks are demanding it just made me mad. I am stuck in the middle of all this. I am European and it was our fault for the slaves and for killing the Indians. I am also American and Sioux Indian so I know the pain this caused them. We can't pick our parents and I know it wasn't my dad's fault all this happened. It is just hard for me to read all the talk and what people demand. They don't think about who was there first. They are making due now after all the years they suffered.
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@Poppylicious (11134)
• United Kingdom
25 Aug 17
I completely agree. I watched a bit of a documentary about a white teacher in a school on a reservation and it made me really sad that even now these children are made to feel worthless. It's akin to the caste system in places like India.
@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
25 Aug 17
They were there first. They respected the lands and only took what they needed to live and survive. Now look at what the land is. It is destroyed by greed and wanting too much. It is a shame that the world is being destroyed. It is also a shame that after all these years they can't respect the Indians and still treat them badly.
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
26 Aug 17
I totally agree. Somewhere in my ancestry is a bit of Native American as well. I've never liked what the people did who decided to destroy one people for the selfishness of their lifestyle, be it black or Native American. I don't use the word Indian here because I don't want to confuse it with the people of India. I have a deep respect for all Native American's who did what they could to help the newcomers, and a part of me is very disturbed by all those who came here to take and not give or help. It was always a shoot first, ask questions later mentality. It needs to be the other way around.
@JESSY3236 (22199)
• United States
25 Aug 17
I agree. I think the only time we do remember is at Thanksgiving.
