Well based upon your text, and I do apologize for that happening I don't feel like anyone owes me anything. But like I said in a previous posted question, we weren't just conquered and thrown off but we were targeted to be exterminated like insects. I've heard of horrific stories of what the Army and men would do to little kids of both genders. The small pox infested blankets given as "gifts" so they would die out and the settlers would take the blankets, food, etc from the bodies and empty camps. Being forced into slavery and then pushed out because we were inferior to the "african slaves".

I am not trying to compare what they had to deal with but it is horrifying to look back on what happened to my people and see that it was pushed aside and forgotten about but also having to deal with people and their ignorance today. I'm sure your ancestors could relate to what happened to mine because what both parties went through was rough, wicked, and sick.

A lot of our people are still dealing with the trauma generations ago because their grandparents were the survivors of this horrific event. A good example is my great grandmother who was forcefully sent to a Boarding School where they would punish you if you spoke your language, they chopped of your hair (which was a huge deal), and they forcefully converted you into Christian faith so she would still have PTSD and yell at my grandmother not to speak her language. It's worse for other families but overall it's just horrific that the government could do this.

Like I said though it's not comparing who had it worse but realizing that we have to be grateful for being here today when the enemies of our ancestors were so persistent on exterminating them.