Indians Around The Colonization Era

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Hi Everyone,
One of the biggest disappointment in history, is the standpoint of the Indians around the colonization era. I will like to see or read more documents revealing an Indian view about the Europeans colonizing the Americas. The book readings and videos, paint a clear picture on how the Indians treated the Europeans. All I can say is, there was a good sense of morals. Europeans came to the Americas due to the interest to acquire money. Although, Indians didn’t have a form of writing, government structure or even some type of politics. They had a respect towards women with a thought of having equality among each other’s. I found it interesting, that Squanto interest in helping the pilgrims in their first winter in Americas. I consider

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