American History 101 - Our Indian Heritage

The following is taken from the book: This Land is Our Land - Reclaiming our Heritage, available at Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble and Borders. This book is in Paper Back Form, and is an easy read. People who want a better understanding of this nations history will find this book very informative. Why was this book written - because, in my opinion, our students of today are being deprived of a knowledge and understanding as to the Greatness of this Nation and as such, they are being misled about it. One of the Biggest Myths about our History is that we stole this land from the Indians. Nothing can be further from the truth - still this myth this hoax is prevalent throughout our society. The truth of the matter is: "The Reader's Digest Book America's Fascinating Indian Heritage tells us that the new world, the America's is a land without a truly native population. Columbus when he arrived in the America's, in 1492, mistakenly thought that he reached the East Indies of the Orient, thus he called the newly found land"Los Indios. As a result they are still called Indians. In fact, Columbus was partly right, the Indians actually came to this land of ours from Asia. As Best as it can be determined, it is shown that the Indians arrived in this land during the Ice age, sometimes between l2,000 and l8,000 years ago, via a land bridge between Siberia and what is now known as Alaska. This land bridge, the "Bering Straits." ...When Columbus arrived in this land, the first people to greet him were not native to this land they were also people that migrated to this land. Today, it is even being questioned if they were, in fact, first to arrive in this land.. At the time Columbus landed on these the shores of the Americas, it is estimated/guesstimated there was 10,000.000 or so now called Indians in North American. The entire area of North America encompasses 3,679,245 sq miles. To put this in perspective all the Indians at this time could have lived in the Area we now know as New york city. In Short, the American Indians, in total, never visited or even seen 90 or more percent of this country. YOU CANNOT STEAL FROM SOMEONE WHO HAS NO ACTUAL INHERITED OR DOCUMENTED INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY, BE IT LAND OR MATERIAL. The Indians were hunters and gathers not homesteaders. In fact, for most Indians if not all, the land was considered to be a God to be worshipped--not owned. The Americans, that pioneered and settled this land--did not steal it, they conquered it. "Freedom devoid of moral truth is the death of freedom." Father Richard J. Neuhaus. The Messenger