Well break the news to them that that is all indigenous people did too: kill, pillage, rape, and conquer territories. Some tribes waltzed into abandoned areas and decided to stay, but indigenous people stole the land from each other constantly and before that they stole the land from the animals.
What matters is that we recognize that we are beyond tribal politics of whos land is whose because anyone can be from anywhere nowadays that they decide to put the time in and be a part of that community.
Well break the news to them that that is all indigenous people did too: kill, pillage, rape, and conquer territories. Some tribes waltzed into abandoned areas and decided to stay, but indigenous people stole the land from each other constantly and before that they stole the land from the animals.
What matters is that we recognize that we are beyond tribal politics of whos land is whose because anyone can be from anywhere nowadays that they decide to put the time in and be a part of that community.
And we're not trying to erase their legacy, more states named after Indian names than not.