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Were you white? You'd be looking to strike a compromise with more hawkish whites.

Back in those days, Indians were either peaceful tribes or terrorists; warrior bands who wantonly attacked white settlers and took their scalps as trophies.

As an American patriot, nothing is more shameful to me than the way that the Americans treated Sequoia and his Cherokee indians, who were a peaceful tribe that was successfully integrating itself into the fabric of American culture before a zealous anti-indian legislation forced them off of their lands.

But I also realize that for every Sequoia, there was a Tecumseh, a violent marauder whose Shawnee Indians were estimated to have brutally murdered nearly 1500 whites. Tecumseh was the Osama Bin Laden of his day.

The Episode of the American indians is what drives me to this day with regards to the modern day war on terrorists, that we have to do something about the Tecumsehs that want little more than to kill Americans, but also act with a manner that protects the Sequoias who are only interested in peace.

So as a pro-indian activist (of which I would also be a member), I would put forth a panel to conduct a comprehensive survey on each tribe in the area, gaining a better understanding of their motives and their goals, and then moving to protect the tribes that are not hurting anyone and punishing the tribes that are raiding and murdering. And in the event of a doubt, it is better to let a single guilty man go free instead of let 10 innocents be punished, so the benefit of the doubt must be given. Especially if the indian tribes are lashing out at whites due to the interference with their natural right to their land and property.

I'd start with the Trail of Tears.

The Scots-Irish (of whom Jackson happened to be one), were settling the frontier - basically the Appalachian Mountains.

The natives lived there, and they fought very hard for those mountains, which they ultimately lost.

Many tribes made settlements with the white population agreeing to live peacefully, become Christian, where European-style clothing, and live in European-style dwellings so that they would not be killed.

The white men turned back on every one of these agreements, even though the natives upheld their end.

The natives were then forced to march the Trail of Tears to Oklahoma.

Many died from exhaustion, starvation, and exposure including many elderly and children.

Oklahoma was barren land (it was later discovered to contain resources the white men wanted, so they later stole it back too). These people were accustomed to the woods of the southeastern United States. When they got to Oklahoma, many tribes died out altogether because they could not adapt to the entirely new environment.

There were already natives in Oklahoma, and they didn't want newcomers.