#native americans

Native Americans had only stone and wooden weapons and no animals that could be ridden. Those military advantages repeatedly enabled troops of a few dozen mounted Spaniards to defeat Indian armies numbering in the thousands. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#armies #could #defeat #dozen #enabled

So the American government lied to the Native Americans for many, many years, and then President Clinton lied about a relationship, and everyone was surprised! A little naive, I feel! ↗

— Eddie Izzard

#american #american government #clinton #everyone #feel

Here, we tell the story: why the people came here, what they did when they got here, going back to the Native Americans and coming all the way forward. ↗

— Robert Patterson

#came #coming #did #forward #going

I've come to the point in my life where I encourage young Native Americans to become much more selfish about their personal needs and wants. ↗

— Sherman Alexie

#become #come #encourage #i #life

Second, this epic tale allows the audience to actually listen to the Native Americans and receive their wisdom. Spielberg conveys the respect for Native Americans that is normally lacking in Western films. ↗

— Beau Bridges

#allows #audience #conveys #epic #films

I've always been interested in the history of the West, our country and particularly as it relates to the Native Americans - the original Americans. ↗

— Beau Bridges

#been #country #history #i #interested