Native American History in the States - Be respectful

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Ok so, it's a bit funny when you see non-Native American people posting "feel-sorry-for-me History" on Native American History, because it's all very very complicated. Each Native American clan or nation has their own identity and structure, their own History, and that doesn't necessarily mean they would share it with non-members just because you want to be inquisitive. 

I remember one talking I happened to be at, wasn't with just me, and an elder type was there, and I'll keep the tribe name out. You just listen, he doesn't answer questions unless he asks a person specifically, he talks, you listen, that's it, and it might be a very long talk. It was kind of like being in a judges court room and if you don't know how to act, you're out of there. 

What it shown to me was that their inner circles were very much in tact, and that really whatever some person's by-standing interest has or what they think they know, has nothing to do with them, won't effect them no matter how many times someone spammed it online or in a book. It was clear that people earn a right to talk, a right to speak in forum, like any city council meeting, and that it's really ridiculous to just read a single library book or two, or three, and think that you have the slightest clue into any issue or formal Native History. Lesson is, leave their History to them and don't be so assuming.

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