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Ever since European settlers and traders landed in the Americas, their interactions with Natives have been checkered with both good and bad. The general explanation for the bad side of the interactions is twofold: First, the desire for economic success drove the English (and, later, Americans) to take advantage of Native Americans. Second, a cultural conception that European (then, American) culture is superior to Native cultures led to prejudice and other negatives, including the American government's systematic compulsion of Natives to settle in reservations.
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∙ 12y agoGreed. In those days, it was thought that natives (N American, S American, Africa, and so on) were so inferior to the Europeans as to hardly even be people.
This is a direct result of the colonization around the globe by the British, Dutch, French, Spanish, and others. Further, the US Army officers placed in charge of Army groups who were meant to keep the "Indians" in their places.
The "kill now, ask questions later" officers like George Custer were most often in charge. Sitting Bull, of course, had other ideas, which is why he so revered by many even today.
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