So yes, 'native' is an actual term. Typically used to refer to whoever is living somewhere before someone else. You've won the argument and I admit I was being a little facetious when saying "there were no natives." I mean technically, I am native to the land I was born on, by any literal definition of the term.
All I'm saying is the term doesn't hold any value in an argument over who is 'right' about being somewhere.
A leftist would claim that this land belongs to someone else. I don't think it belongs to anyone, just that certain people manage to hold pieces longer than others.
Yes I agree. It makes no sense to play "what if" games on what the New World would be like without the mass migration of Europeans and others. Lots of people out there want to play the "us vs them" blame game, and one way to do that is play the races against each other. European influnce was not the first of the problems in the greater native society nor will it be the last. Also, a lot these people dont realize that the Europeans coming to America was welcomed by some natives and opposed by others. Like many other situations elsewhere in the world, some sided with the newcomers and others did not. These conflicts had been going on for generations before the European arrival.
Anways, you def are open minded and not like a leftist. I just want to help people see both sides of the picture, and as a European and Native American myself I have a decent idea.
So yes, 'native' is an actual term. Typically used to refer to whoever is living somewhere before someone else. You've won the argument and I admit I was being a little facetious when saying "there were no natives." I mean technically, I am native to the land I was born on, by any literal definition of the term.
All I'm saying is the term doesn't hold any value in an argument over who is 'right' about being somewhere.
A leftist would claim that this land belongs to someone else. I don't think it belongs to anyone, just that certain people manage to hold pieces longer than others.
Yes I agree. It makes no sense to play "what if" games on what the New World would be like without the mass migration of Europeans and others. Lots of people out there want to play the "us vs them" blame game, and one way to do that is play the races against each other. European influnce was not the first of the problems in the greater native society nor will it be the last. Also, a lot these people dont realize that the Europeans coming to America was welcomed by some natives and opposed by others. Like many other situations elsewhere in the world, some sided with the newcomers and others did not. These conflicts had been going on for generations before the European arrival.
Anways, you def are open minded and not like a leftist. I just want to help people see both sides of the picture, and as a European and Native American myself I have a decent idea.