[Skybird]

Ah yes, I think we can meet on that. My reply to Lance was a principal one about the definition of genocide anyway. However, in the past, the time of the wild west, there have been policies and actions that would qualify for a description of genocide, and there have been massacres committed during punishing army actions as well.

I do know about Indian culture today only what occasionally is in the media over here, and that gives the impression that the situation is not uniform with all tribes and communities there are today, some have integrated themselves and chuckle about white tourists thinking of them a "Black Biber" and "Great Elk", others managed to revive their cultural heritage while still living in the white man'S world (increasingly becoming a less white man's world anyway) and they manage to bring both together, and finally there are those who are bad off for whatever a reason and saw their tribal culture falling apart. So I assume it depends very much on where you look and what tribal community you are dealing with. and finally, to some degree, it also depends on the individual person.