[PGR88]

“[American Indians] have neither the intelligence, the industry, the moral habits, nor the desire of improvement which are essential to any favorable change in their condition. Established in the midst of another and a superior race, and without appreciating the causes of their inferiority or seeking to control them, they must necessarily yield to the force of circumstances and ere long disappear.”

Jackson was correct. Indian cultures were stone-age in all senses of the word. They would, and did, disappear in the face of modernity. The 19th Century did not have the quant, late 20th century idea that cultures must (or even could be) preserved in amber, like museum artifacts.

[Mollypitcher1]

Jackson was correct. Indian cultures were stone-age in all senses of the word. They would, and did, disappear in the face of modernity. The 19th Century did not have the quant, late 20th century idea that cultures must (or even could be) preserved in amber, like museum artifacts.
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Obviously you have ZERO knowledge of the American Indian Cultures AND of their influences on our own system of government!

YES there were many different Native cultures just as there were different physical characteristics among the various tribes. The Cherokee were a SUPERIOR culture and should be studied, not denigrated!