Quote Originally Posted by cajunscot View Post
Well said, sir. A lack of political unity was the very reason that the "First Nations" were not able to resist European colonization & American expansion. Goodness knows some leaders like Tecumseh tried, but the various clans and tribes of North America were a lot like their counterparts in the Highlands of Scotland (see Calloway's White People, Indians and Highlanders), and as you pointed out, many of them were all too happy to fight rival groups and use Europeans and Americans to their advantage.

Only in Hollywood and on television is the Indian the passive victim; in reality he was just as human as his European/American opponent.

Regards,

Todd


Did not some of the tribes also influence the construction or fabric of our own government etc, or is that a myth. One tribe with a written constatution comes to mind...

On a different note, we all have or belong to one subculture or another, and it is interesting to look up that subculture's history in Scotland. Kind of like "my people's" history in Scotland.