I will admit that I am not well educated in the subject, I have read books, etc, but that makes me no expert.

I do not buy into the hollywood indian. I believe that were probably much more savage than they are petrayed. But, I do believe we took their land. We changed their entire way of life. Yes, it was better us than germany, but 2 wrongs doesn't make a right. I think we owe them something, not sure what, but something. Sure, the reservations from what I have heard is drunken wasteland. But like others pointed out, we put them their and helped push them towards that lifestyle. It is definately a darkside of America's past that will be revisited in the future with some form of "payback".

My Great Great Granmother was 1/2 Cherokee. So, I guess I still have a little of that blood in me, perhaps that is the source of my sympathy.