Let’s finally recognize the slavery, conquest, and genocide of Native Americans by Native Americans

By Christopher Tremoglie. From the Washington Examiner.

"Pre-Columbian Native American culture on the American continents was one of war, massacres, genocide, and slavery. It doesn’t make Native Americans unique in any way but rather, just like every other culture, society, and civilization that has existed in history.

However, these facts are typically excluded from today’s public education system. Instead, a radical left-wing revision of history is taught that portrayed Native Americans living in peaceful and docile societies that fell victim to the greed and brutality of European invaders. It is and always has been a fictitious historical narrative. 

History did not begin in 1492. The truth is Native American tribes were brutally killing each other in the Western Hemisphere for centuries before the first European settlers ever appeared. Left-wing scholars from the Howard Zinn school of thought have valiantly tried to hide these facts; nevertheless, they’re true.

Native American tribes were empire builders no different than the ancient Romans, Greeks, and Germanic tribes of Europe. Indigenous people were no better than Genghis Khan and the Golden Horde of the Mongol Empire. The tribes lusted to conquer, enslave, and pillage for power, resources, and land, just as the Ashanti, Mali, Ghana, and Egyptian empires of Africa.

Consider the cruelty of the Aztecs. For decades, the Aztecs brutally attacked neighboring tribes and built a vast empire in what is now central Mexico. They raped women, enslaved children, and participated in human sacrifice and capital punishment. Additionally, studies have shown that the Aztecs punished homosexuality with death and routinely exploited and murdered women. 

Noted scholar and anthropologist Lawrence Keeley detailed the culture of Native Americans in War Before Civilization: The Myth of the Peaceful Savage. Keeley claimed that “the dogs of war were seldom on a leash” regarding Native American tribal interaction. Moreover, Keeley highlights evidence of genocidal acts by other Native Americans in pre-Columbian America. Keeley also highlighted the fact that indigenous warfare was “more deadly, more frequent, and more ruthless than modern war.” 

Harvard scholar Steven Pinker’s research also revealed a violent and savage culture among Native Americans. Pinker found that indigenous societies were part of “the most violent era” and that their cultures were “far more violent than our own.” Additionally, archaeologist Tim Kohler studied the Mesa Verde and Pueblo American Indians and discovered that nearly “90 percent of human remains from that period had trauma from blows to either their heads or parts of their arms.” 

Also, plenty of North American tribes had the blood of conquest and genocide on their hands. The Chippewa conquered the Sioux and exiled them from the woodlands of what is now Minnesota. Later, after regrouping, the Sioux pillaged and massacred the Omaha, Pawnee, and Kiowa. Other American tribes did similar empire-building. It was an ever-changing tapestry of bloody savagery that existed long before the white man came. Yet, as mentioned above, these facts are rarely taught in schools or discussed among experts and socio-cultural left-wing activists.

Native American tribes wanted to conquer until they were conquered. Let’s use Indigenous Peoples Day to educate, not indoctrinate. It’s time to teach everyone the history of Native Americans, not just the edited, revised, and agenda-driven version that left-wing political activists favor."