Hello fellow people of WIHI! We should make ourselves a name. That would make this much easier. I'm getting very sidetracked. Back to blogging, last week we focused mainly on the long depression, formerly known as the Great Depression as it was renamed after a longer depression, and the "Indian Wars." The Indian Wars and just about every other moment of Indian interaction by the United States are low points in our history. For the most part, it just seems like the United States' government being told by settlers that they do not like the Indians so they need to go away. The government then listens to this and forces the Indians to go someplace where there was thought to be nothing of value. The Indians were then forced to walk halfway across the country and then try to survive in their new desert homes. They would live in these places until someone discovered that the land was not useless. The cycle then repeats itself.
       My feelings toward these events are similar to my feelings toward slavery, they should not have happened. I feel that things like this reveal a kind of dark side to the country who's goal is to ensure the freedom of the people of the world. Surprisingly, many of the movies in which aliens come to invade Earth teach us the moral lesson that this treatment of the Indians was bad. These movies put the United States, as well as the rest of the world, in the position of the Indians. A foreign group of sentient beings who had made great technological advances compared to the society of the invaded, come and try to destroy the world. It is as if they take our mistakes in history and spit them back out at us.
       I think that this common theme in movies is actually good for the world. It helps revile the reason why we study history, to learn from mistakes. By learning, we can prevent wars, save lives, or even just become more efficient. Even with events such as the long depression, of which economists and historians try to find the cause. By doing this, they hope to be able to see similarities in other depressions and develop a pattern. They can then use this pattern to predict and prevent future depressions and recessions.
       Although I feel that the United States should have never treated the Indians in the way that they did, I feel that it is important to learn from these mistakes and prevent them from ever again being made.