Native Americans vs. Indians

When someone speaks of an 'Indian', many people, not all, think of the who originated living on the land,i.e., America. Why don't we call them 'Native Americans'? They are native to America, but it wasn't America when they were first living here. It was just land on which they resided on. Yet, we call them 'Indians'! Why? Because a very long time ago, 1492, one man found land with people living on it. Believing that it was India. Thus, he, being Columbus, made a huge mistake in calling them Indians. Because of one seemingly impetuous man, the Natives of the land were unwillingly daubed Indians.

I don't believe that because of one mans carelessness and inhumanity one group of people had to suffer. I think that when it was proven that the natives were not from India, then they should have recant the old name and replace it with a more politically correct name. One that wouldn't offend anyone. Also, I believe that the way the people were treated because of how they were different, was very uncivilized.

The final 'Massacre' of the Indian Wars that involved the U.S. Seventh cavalry and the Lakota Sioux at 'Wounded Knee'. The Sioux had put up a peace flag at their camp, but the army set up their guns despite it. They aimed it at the tribe which included 120 men with 230 women and children. Those numbers dropped when an accidental shot was fire when a gun was dropped. This gun shot startled the cavalry and they fired all of their guns. They ended up killing over 15o men women and children, while wounding 50.

In short, I believe that what happened at 'Wounded Knee' was an example of how people can't except something new and take their actions to the extreme. Throughout all of history people have been discriminating against people for how they look compared to the majority of the people. For instance, Africa Americans used to be enslaved because they were not white like the people who came their. Then, they revolted and one excepted as equals today. African Americans were also given names because of how they looked, and not who they really were. Thus, if we had only judged the people for who they were and not how they looked they we might not have had all of the civil wars, for everyone would have be known as equals.