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Adding the bit about the Dawes Act and American Indian Boarding School, and also making sure to note that even that is still not a genocide since it wasn't a deliberate attempt at killing people.
The '''American Indian Genocide''' is a [[liberal]] and anti-[[American]] myth. There was no "[[genocide]]" of American Indians as the term "genocide" is understood.
The '''American Indian Genocide''' is a [[liberal]] and anti-[[American]] myth. There was no "[[genocide]]" of American Indians as the term "genocide" is understood.
What the term misleadingly refers to is fighting between the [[United States]] and [[Native American]] settlements and cultures, and forced relocation of the [[Cherokee]] and the [[Nez Perce]] from their homes to [[reservation]]s.
What the term misleadingly refers to is fighting between the [[United States]] and [[Native American]] settlements and cultures, and forced relocation of the [[Cherokee]] and the [[Nez Perce]] from their homes to [[reservation]]s. To a lesser extent, it also refers to the Dawes Act to create American Indian Boarding Schools which attempts to educate the Indians by forcing them to eliminate their original culture, and also led ultimately to death during the first winter. However, even that strictly speaking was not a genocide since they did not deliberately kill them to wipe out the group of people.
[[Congress]] has recognized a debt owed to Indian tribes and passed legislation to protect, or restore, Indian cultural sovereignty.<ref>See, e.g., "The Indian Child Welfare Act," preface, 25 U.S.C. s 1901.</ref>
[[Congress]] has recognized a debt owed to Indian tribes and passed legislation to protect, or restore, Indian cultural sovereignty.<ref>See, e.g., "The Indian Child Welfare Act," preface, 25 U.S.C. s 1901.</ref>