[CaptainHaplo]

The issue is that there has not been efforts to destroy American Indian culture. On the contrary, the government has put restrictions on all kinds of things that would "harm" AI cultural identity.

The RESULTS are a breakdown in the culture - I agree. But it cannot be genocide when the efforts have been aimed with good faith to preserve the culture.

Like most "liberal" thoughts - its the intentions that matter, not the true outcome, as some of my friends have argued. The reality is that government trying to be the nanny has caused the stagnation of some AI cultures, yet others flourish because they chose to NOT survive off the government nipple. The fact that they are able to make that choice, and thus prosper, along with their culture, is a testament to a lack of "systematic effort" to eradicate them or the AI culture itself.

If you doubt it, do some checking on the Carolina Cherokee tribes as they exist today. When a society can give 80k to every 18 year old (usually for college) - out of the prosperity of the TRIBE - without it coming from the US government - they can't be considered to be ruled, repressed and ultimately "culturally destroyed".