What did the Indians get for welcoming the white man to their shores?

[Akrazotile]

"Why hello there, strangers! Come on over, dont be shy... let's have some Thanksgiving, we'll share a lil turkey with ya!"

How'd that work out?

How's Indians doin today? They good? Things goin well?

[Nick Young]

Some of them have casinos.

[Bless Mathews]

"Why hello there, strangers! Come on over, dont be shy... let's have some Thanksgiving, we'll share a lil turkey with ya!"

How'd that work out?

How's Indians doin today? They good? Things goin well?


You are typing about native Americans not Indians.

My niggahs on the reservations don't like ignnant people like you.

[Akrazotile]

You are typing about native Americans not Indians.

My niggahs on the reservations don't like ignnant people like you.


US Govt officially recognizes them as Indians :confusedshrug:

[bigkingsfan]

They got their own Baseball team.

[iamgine]

Well they get to live and today even enjoy some benefits for welcoming the white man.

Imagine if Indians had fought from the start. They'd be extinct by now.

[NumberSix]

There are actually more "Indians" in America today than there were before European contact.

[Goro]

I don't think this happened in India.

[CarlosBoozer]

I thought most of em died from diseases?

[9erempiree]

They got a lot of stuff:

-Besides the 13 colonies almost every state is named after them all the way to the West.

-They were treated as allies and fought in the war.

-They got fame in the media until their bloodline slowly died out because there just isn't any more mainstream actors or characters.

-They got casinos in every state. Enough money put together to start a small country.

To the other stuff:

-They are not educated people. You would imagine they would use all that casino money and expand their empire and send succeeding generations to college but they don't.

-Greed is holding them back as people and most tribes are having a hard time distributing the casino money. They could easily start a business to produce goods, farm or manufacture products and they are not doing so.

-Lands are given to them but all they do is build casinos and leave the rest undeveloped. They could have easily manufactured homes, sub-developments and allow private businesses to open shop but they don't have the know-how to do so. Again, uneducated.


With that said....are you guys not happy that America was properly handled by 'whites'. I am happy because of how history played out. Who knows, we would probably be living where we came from rather than this beautiful country of ours.

I could go on but it's late and I am on my phone.

[BigNBAfan]

Hey Kristofer, they're Native Americans, not Indians. I don't understand why Americans still call them Indians despite finding out that the 'founder' of their land was wrong. It's like they're completely ignorant...

[Patrick Chewing]

Are we sure they like being called Native Americans?? I mean, there was no America back then. America is a white man name given to this part of the world.

Indians or Redskins sounds more appropriate. If white people are white and black people are black, then how come they can't be redskins??

[NumberSix]

Hey Kristofer, they're Native Americans, not Indians. I don't understand why Americans still call them Indians despite finding out that the 'founder' of their land was wrong. It's like they're completely ignorant...
I don't understand why some Dutch and French pretend to be "Belgian", whatever that is.

Lol. Seriously though, Indian with regards to American Indians is generally now just kind of a shortend version of indigenous.

[iamgine]

Well apparently we like them to be named indian. So despite acknowledging the founder's error, we decided we like that name anyway. That's not ignorance that's just a decision.

[TheMan]

Are we sure they like being called Native Americans?? I mean, there was no America back then. America is a white man name given to this part of the world.

Indians or Redskins sounds more appropriate. If white people are white and black people are black, then how come they can't be redskins??
Because Europeans aren't called whiteskins and Africans aren't called blackskins so why should they be called redskins? Use your head, brownskin.

To the OP, Native peoples got nothing but misery from the white man, that's why personally I don't do Thanksgiving nor Columbus Day.

[Patrick Chewing]

Because Europeans aren't called whiteskins and Africans aren't called blackskins so why should they be called redskins? Use your head, brownskin.

To the OP, Native peoples got nothing but misery from the white man, that's why personally I don't do Thanksgiving nor Columbus Day.


LOL then drop the "skins" part. :lol


It's the same shit.

[nathanjizzle]

you guys are debating about the past.

[TheMan]

I don't understand why some Dutch and French pretend to be "Belgian", whatever that is.

Lol. Seriously though, Indian with regards to American Indians is generally now just kind of a shortend version of indigenous.
Because they're from a country called Belgium :confusedshrug:

[NumberSix]

Because Europeans aren't called whiteskins and Africans aren't called blackskins so why should they be called redskins? Use your head, brownskin.

To the OP, Native peoples got nothing but misery from the white man, that's why personally I don't do Thanksgiving nor Columbus Day.
Sure they are. When we call people "white" or "black" what do you think that is in reference to? Adding the word "skin" is redundant because "white" obviously means skin color. Is calling someone "redskin" really different from just calling them "red" or "red people"?

[TheMan]

Sure they are. When we call people "white" or "black" what do you think that is in reference to? Adding the word "skin" is redundant because "white" obviously means skin color. Is calling someone "redskin" really different from just calling them "red" or "red people"?
Because the term 'redskin' wasn't coined to decscribe their skin tone, they are actually more a brown skin tone, not red and it started as a term to describe scalped natives, like red as in the color of blood, don't believe me, read this link.

Yes, the US government paid for Native American's scalps, like a fox's fur pelts...true story.

http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/news/a29318/redskin-name-update/

[BigNBAfan]

I don't understand why some Dutch and French pretend to be "Belgian", whatever that is.

Lol. Seriously though, Indian with regards to American Indians is generally now just kind of a shortend version of indigenous.

Are you stupid?

[JohnnySic]

Are there any pure Indians left? Seems like they are all part white.

[PistonsFan#21]

There are actually more "Indians" in America today than there were before European contact.

:facepalm Do you know how much the world population increased in the past 500 years alone? We went from just below half a billion to over 7 billions in that span. Indian population in America was gonna increase regardless of European contact (other than for a case of extermination obviously)

[StephHamann]

:facepalm Do you know how much the world population increased in the past 500 years alone? We went from just below half a billion to over 7 billions in that span. Indian population in America was gonna increase regardless of European contact (other than for a case of extermination obviously)

Why is it increasing?
Because of medicine inventions made by the white men. Without the European settlers Native Americans would still live in tents and hunt bisons with bows.

:coleman:

[Patrick Chewing]

Are there any pure Indians left? Seems like they are all part white.


I see them all the time at the casinos. They own the casinos and are always drunk and carrying huge wads of cash on them.

[embersyc]

https://pethatesblog.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/belgium.jpg

[JohnnySic]

:facepalm Do you know how much the world population increased in the past 500 years alone? We went from just below half a billion to over 7 billions in that span. Indian population in America was gonna increase regardless of European contact (other than for a case of extermination obviously)
That's great. But they all or almost all have white ancestry somewhere in their background. This is especially true in Latin America; in North America perhaps less so.

[DeuceWallaces]

There are actually more "Indians" in America today than there were before European contact.

We really have no idea how many natives were present in North America during pre-settlement times.

[9erempiree]

Why is it increasing?
Because of medicine inventions made by the white men. Without the European settlers Native Americans would still live in tents and hunt bisons with bows.

:coleman:

This.

I don't know how anyone can complain since the settlers created what we have today. As Americans we have to be proud of that instead more sympathy.

Are you guys going to tell me we would prosper with the Native Americans?

I just listed a bunch of things they have going for them in today's modern society and the amount of land they still have but instead chose to build casinos. They are just happy with that easy money because any other race would take that land and bring in businesses, build homes and farm.

Heck, the Native Americans now, could actually build a self-govern territory if they chose to. The only self-governing they have are the councils of the casinos.

[KyrieTheFuture]

This.

I don't know how anyone can complain since the settlers created what we have today. As Americans we have to be proud of that instead more sympathy.

Are you guys going to tell me we would prosper with the Native Americans?

I just listed a bunch of things they have going for them in today's modern society and the amount of land they still have but instead chose to build casinos. They are just happy with that easy money because any other race would take that land and bring in businesses, build homes and farm.

Heck, the Native Americans now, could actually build a self-govern territory if they chose to. The only self-governing they have are the councils of the casinos.
So modern Germans should have no sympathy for Jews?

[TripleA]

This.

I don't know how anyone can complain since the settlers created what we have today. As Americans we have to be proud of that instead more sympathy.

Are you guys going to tell me we would prosper with the Native Americans?

I just listed a bunch of things they have going for them in today's modern society and the amount of land they still have but instead chose to build casinos. They are just happy with that easy money because any other race would take that land and bring in businesses, build homes and farm.

Heck, the Native Americans now, could actually build a self-govern territory if they chose to. The only self-governing they have are the councils of the casinos.

The land they have is straight trash. You can't grow any productive crop their .
I've been to native reservations it's not a pretty sight.

[Lebron23]

Prayers for the native americans. Just read they are struggling against Covid19. Hope they can get medicine, and respirators.

[FultzNationRISE]

Prayers up 🙏🏻

[PETRO2222]

Its strange feeling to be an European and discussing american stuff here with you, I mean strange in positive way. I dont know what indians (native americans) got from USA in modern times, but from what I've heard they dont interact much with others in USA, or maybe Im misinformed...

[Im Still Ballin]

Some of them have casinos.

:roll: