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The research on the Indian Wars I've been doing has led me to believe that it was a mutual animosity that led to conflict and not entirely the fault of the white man.
But most of the narratives focus on this time period and blame whites for everything.
I'm of the position that the true evil done to Indians happens after the wars are over and they're confined to the reservations.
Killers of the Flower Moon is a movie about one such evil.
It's a movie, of course, but the main strokes of the story are true.
A lot of the evil on the Reservations hasn't been because of the White Man and the Bureau of Indian Affairs, but of the way the individual tribes have ruled their reservations. A lot of the reservations are ruled like medieval fiefs, and those who rule can rule as far as to who is and isn't getting any subsidies (and how much) and who is considered a 'real' indians.
ReplyDeleteYes, there were atrocities like in the aforementioned movies. But there have been as many atrocities committed by Indians on their own people.
Where, until recently, have researchers been able to research the bubonic plague or Hanta virus? On Indian reservations, if they're allowed to research at all.