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To: Falcon4.0
American Indians didn't contribute a single thing to make my 20th Century existence any easier.
If they never existed it would not change a thing for me.

On the other hand, I can't obsess over what the two-legged animals did to the white settlers 150-200 years ago. The Indians lost a vicious primitive war. They lost the war, let them deal with it.

19 posted on 07/08/2015 4:37:50 PM PDT by publius911 (If you like Obamacare, You'll LOVE ObamaWeb.)
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To: publius911
American Indians didn't contribute a single thing to make my 20th Century existence any easier.

I guess you never took an aspirin. (The willow bark tea the natives used for a painkiller and to reduce fever contained that). Aloe Vera is another native remedy, and there are a host of other herbs which have contributed to modern medicine. Purple coneflower (AKA Echinacea) is pretty common as an immune ystem booster (Yup, native medicine).

I think the contributions are a wee bit thicker than you know.

41 posted on 07/08/2015 8:10:39 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: publius911
Try watching the video. I think your jumping to conclusions about it's content.
57 posted on 07/09/2015 3:20:28 AM PDT by Falcon4.0
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