Why don't the Indians show their anger the way blacks do, after all we lost

Question:Indians is the correct word. To call them Native Americans is incorrect, since they were here before it was ever called America. They are Indians, and they have the right to be called by their correct name. I have a deep respect for their culture. I don't know why they show their anger the way blacks do. It is not my right to judge. Or to even guess. And I agree that they did lose their country. I cannot go back and change the past. I can only be saddened.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Indians is the correct word. To call them Native Americans is incorrect, since they were here before it was ever called America. They are Indians, and they have the right to be called by their correct name. I have a deep respect for their culture. I don't know why they show their anger the way blacks do. It is not my right to judge. Or to even guess. And I agree that they did lose their country. I cannot go back and change the past. I can only be saddened.

Cause when they did, they were put on reservations.
They got even when they discovered casinos

As in Native Americans?

I think that Native Americans are very peaceful people. They do indeed have a right to be angry! But I believe that they choose not to.

Some people have a false sense of entitlement- and when that happens, they whine about things. I have never noticed this happening with the Native American people.

Im sure if blacks own casinos and got gold checks they wouldnt be angry ...but who knows?, maybe they like to bytch .

Why can everyone get over it ? OOPS I mean get along ?

why live live out your life seeking answers for the past
when the answer you seek wont change anything ?

cause we smokem peace pipe?

i wasn't aware black was a nationality.
and we gave it back. [sorry mate.]

edit: do you mean "Red Indians" ie native americans?
because i'd say in that case it's because there are so few in comparison to black americans.
But, were i a native american i would be extremely f*cked off!

I noticed you said WE.

Let's discuss the NATIVE AMERICAN way of life.
Back in the day, they lived in tents with no rooms.
Some lived in gigantic tents where many families lived.
They believed what is yours is mine, and what is mine is yours.
They had no problem with white people taking their land. Even if they got put on reservations, "that is the way of life". Yes, they were upset, but why be angry and spiteful because of it when they believed in karmic retribution?
Not to mention we now pay real Native Americans for taking their land.

We don't pay the black folk.
And no, welfare doesn't count.

It all started in 1492...Columbus and his gang had the guns...The native Americans did'nt...Now there's too few real native Americans left...A crying shame...

Apparently you've never been to the res. I went to school near a reservation, and had a roommate from there. He was killed accidentally while in college. Myself and his other close friends attended his funeral, his family that we had met several times were cordial and appreciative for our love and support. Then they told us that we needed to leave immediately for our own safety, due to anti-white feelings by the other members of the tribe that were in attendance. they have every right to hate us, and do.

im with the guy below me.

The white man, aka the govment, is keeping native american anger of stolen land surpressed with subsidization which is spent mostly on massive amounts of alcohol and drugs pupled into problematic areas. All to keep the issue quite. Clever move by the legislation.
World works in unfair ways.
Now who wants to go riot?

My thought is the practice of spirituality through earth based religion makes Indians peaceful and admirable. I often dream how beautiful this earth would be before the white man came. We are so destructive. Humans our plummeting this planet into peril. I say this as a species not as a separate color collage.

Native Americans are a proud people who take the higher ground. While they understand that they have lost much they will not loose the most important thing and that is honor and self respect. Pride in who you are and what you are is priceless and Native Americans will never relinquish that treasure.

Read the
"Serenity Prayer." Those people, Black, White, Indian Samoan, Chinese, or any one who is not angry or who chooses not to engage in negativity are enlightened.

There are some who do. Oddly enough, in some parts of the country, the neo-nazi movement has garnered the attention of some American Indian youth, though I have no idea why (maybe it's the racial purity aspect.) There was some connection with the school shooter in the midwest and white supremacy, I believe. But this is a small minority, if even significant.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/03/22/school....

When I visited Cherokee, NC for a "pow-wow" there were definitely some feelings of anger toward outsiders. The emcee of the event told a lot of jokes that took jibes at white people, but it was in jest. There was a little kerfuffle about picture taking, some of the participants in the pow-wow felt that it was intrusive. The tourist taking the pictures reminded him that he was charged admission to come. But there was no violence, and I think the dialogue was understandable for the most part.
Also, like I said, the event was on the fourth of July. Two things you should remember: American Indians have served, fought and died for the United States of America, and maybe it's the "band of brothers" effect that happens in the military, but nothing brings people closer together than when they fight shoulder to shoulder. The idea of honoring warriors is also very important in many Native American traditions. I was extremely moved by seeing Native American WWII, Korea and Vietnam vets. The American flag was displayed prominently and given due respect. (Post WWII forced some whites to give black Americans their due respect for having served similarly; of course there were still divisions and injustice. Veteran status in the U.S. really does mean something.)

The other thing that maybe the "black community" should take note of is the monument to forgiveness that I saw on the reservation. This tells me that the leadership of the tribe is trying to get people to move on and eschew bitterness and resentment, which are after all, personally destructive forces.

There are about 2.5 million Native Americans in the U.S. and that number will continue to shrink. There is probably not enough of a gene pool to keep it growing or sustained very far into the future. Therefore the future of Native American way of life probably depends on more openness and cooperation with non-Native American people, again, a concept that tribal leadership probably understands.

Look at the native people of Barrow, Alaska. That community, in the eighties, had the highest per capita income in the world because of oil drilling agreements on Native American land. Casinos have also created enormous wealth for many American tribes, in Cherokee, there was a huge Harrah's resort, a tourist attraction that brings countless other businesses along for the ride. It also means the reservations have tourism as their top, if not virtually only, industry. If tourism is your industry, hospitality, not anger and bitterness, is your friend.

Also, there is not an "Indian Community" the way there is the black community. Tribes unite for certain occasions, but think about how little an Eastern Cherokee has culturally in common with a native of Alaska, Hawaii or the American Samoa.
(The source article isn't really an article, but a review for a book you might find insightful and interesting.)

It's funny. My Indian friends, refer themselves to Indians, and not Native Americans. They are indeed angry at whites, but have a different cultural attitude. There is always a deep pride in America, regardless of the past.

Many do show their anger. I just finished reading a novel by Sherman Alexie. You might try reading some of his work.

Sorry about the silly responses you're getting from some of my fellow European-descended immigrants. I remember being really shocked and upset when, after years of attending schools on reservations, I went somewhere else. They've been taught a lot of garbage about Indigenous Americans.

The casino resentment is really amazing: the only reason that the casino agreements were legally required was that gambling was allowed by the states to support other causes, which left no legitimate reason (and, obviously, no fair one) to prohibit tribes from using it to raise money. (My state allowed charities to hold "casino night" fundraisers.)

But the notion that any thing or opportunity possessed by Indigenous Americans is an affront, because descendants of Europeans are supposed to get it all, is remarkably deeply ingrained in the culture.

The Caddo tribe once occupied my land, but the Apache moved in & killed most of those that didn't flee. Later the Commance moved in and drove the Apache out. Then the Spanish came to Texas, but could not dominate the Commanche & were in danger of being driven out of Texas, couldn't get Spanish/Mexican settlers to immigrate to this hostile land, so they invited settlers from the US with offers of land. Among those that came to Texas were members of several Eastern Tribes (Cherokee, Choctaw & Alabamas, Creek, and Coushatta) but the majority were Scots, English, French & Irish. All were willing to fight & die for the right to own land and were successful in driving out the Native populations, then eventually the Spanish/Mexicans as they attempted to exert control over their new subjects.
After Texas became a Republic, land was set aside for the Alabama & Coushatta tribes for their assistance in the War for Independence (The Alabama-Coushatta reservation is the only state reservation in existance today).
http://www.alabama-coushatta.com/
My ancestors were Choctaw & Cherokee. Because they were part white & a tribal mix, they were not allowed Oklahoma land & owned their own land in Texas, but because they were indian, were not allowed to attend state supported schools (after Texas joined the Union) & formed their own. Native Americans are too proud to view themselves as victims & have always thought themselves fully capable of competing with members of any culture. Perhaps it is the warrior mentality?

As corny as this answer sounds there was a generation of Indians who were tired and whipped and did not want to see fighting any more between the races. And clearly saw their fate sealed and doomed. That is a generation who realized perhaps reluctantly that in order to ensure survival of their race and existence, then they must surrender to peaceful terms with what the government allowed them.

In past generations not all Blacks were slaves in America. In the Northern states they were not. While in the Southern states they were. But time and people's hearts do change.

I found in life that it is better to live ones life for the betterment of man and his common good. What is good for people of all races that live peaceable in this country. And that is the great legacy, a country of peace. No where in America are there racial or religious wars. For all Americans would rather face these issues politically while living physically in peace.

But I am a third world viewer of this country. And have been a stranger in a strange land for nearly fifty years now.

So take my observation for whatever it's worth to you. Live long and prosper and do not take what this country has given you for granted. It was paid for such a high price from nations of peoples all over this world and from the ancient and long ancestors this great country.

Later.