If the American Indian had remained as the main culture?

Question

Would American society be better? The Indian cared for the environment and had high moral value. The worst thing to happen was that the west was 'Won' by europians

Answer 1

Of course there is no way to answer these generalized questions.

The native American tribes were as varied as the Europeans and Indo-Europeans who invaded the "American" continents, north and south.  Who knows what would have happened and why.

As for "moral" value, where do you find that concept?  While it is true that Native Americans for the most part considered the Earth as their "mother" and rarely destroyed any part of the earth, the "moral" is a European concept basically.  And look how well that turned out.  I mean really, Hitler, Mussolini, Francisco Franco, Jim Jones, ReaganBush, Bushquayle, CheneyBush, do you really consider those dictatorships "moral"  If so your ability to form logical conclusions is called into question.

You really should make a thorough study of history before making generalized statements such as the one you are trying to make here.

Answer 2

If it was not Europeans some other greedy Nation would have ruined it. That's way we are I suppose.

Answer 3

do you think if we hadn't of populated america they would have still been living in wigwams, of coarse not they would have progressed the same as any nation has, but probably would have been a third world country if they had still remained in charge !

Answer 4

probably but you never know.....

Answer 5

There wasn't any religious persecution on the continent before the arrival of the Europeans. That had been going on in Europe for centuries, then started here when immigrants forced their beliefs on the native peoples.

Answer 6

500+ tribes, including the human sacrificing Mayans....that's a lot of 'cultures.'  Maybe you're thinking of the 'romantisized Hollywood" Indian?

Answer 7

It's not as if the Indians were on big happy tribe, there were many tribes and sub-tribes that were often at war with one another.  It's unlikely that this country with it's natural resources would have been left alone during the world wars even if nothing had changed before that.  Besides it's foolish to think that Indians wouldn't have changed their way of life and done exactly what the whites did, they did stop using the bow and arrow when they got guns.  They didn't ride horses until the Europeans came either, they had hunted them to extinction.  You seem to know a very slanted view of history, it's unfortunate that people don't take the time to learn it but rather take snippets from the internet or what they hear other people say.

Answer 8

American indians were a primitive stone age culture, illiterate, innumerate , glorified warfare and torture , treated women like slaves had no culture  worth the name  -except monotonous drum beating and chanting + primitive embroidery-  I doubt if the average white liberal could stand the squalour and brutality of the lifestyle for a week!  A indian culture remained static for hundreds of thousands of years- they seem to have had little capacity to evolve- it is doubtful if they would have developped a civilisation in the modern sense.

Answer 9

this questions prob more easier than you think :::: if america was not conquered by Europeans :::they would of set up trade links to  Europe  ie like China and Japan ,,,who was not conquered by Europeans ,,,and i believe the wild animals and wilderness would be more preserved as opposed to now because that is the native American religion to protect nature  .and yest they would of progress from wigwams to city's as in china ect ect

in response to the t**t!!  above me what was the great Maya and Aztec civilization then ??

.people here are saying if they went conquered by Europeans they would be like Africa  how do you know how Africa would not  be different and more powerful and richer than they are now you cant because the country was also ripped apart by rampaging Europeans

people seem to think that the Europeans are the only ones that could make these country's wealthy and civilized  what is civilization  the ability to bomb Hiroshima

edit EFW didn't the Spanish practice genocide in America against the Mayans

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Answer 10

Very true... most of the worst that happened to the world was forced upon other races by europeans...

But many good things came from them as well. Yin n Yang and all that.

Answer 11

Lets not forget that they had themselves 'taken over' when their ancestors migrated across from Northern Europe/Asia, themselves originating from migrants from Africa etc etc etc. Where does the buck stop?

Answer 12

It's actually a complete joke to homogenise American Indian culture that way - only a small percentage were environmentally conscious and peace loving - even those sub sect tribes were misogynist. I have no idea where you've got this generalised impression from.

Read some anthropology.

Answer 13

sorry i dont  have information about it!

Answer 14

It would have been very interesting to see how America would have developed if migration and settlement of foreigners had taken place on the terms of the various nations of Native Americans who are indigenous. Would it have developed as many different Native American countries, like Africa to some extent. Or would just one or two Native American peoples have taken over the show. What rights would have been given to those who wanted to live there? All this would have been dependent on the Native Americans being better armed and organised than the "invaders" but who knows, if a few things had been different it could have happened.

I honestly think if it had played out like that that the America and the world would be a better place today. I don't think it would be all peace and love and total respect for the earth but the world may have been spared the vulgarities and greed that seem to epitomise modern America today. IMO.

Answer 15

YES

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Answer 16

First of all the Native Americans manipulated the environment like any other culture. Their morals were no different from any other similar culture.

I would say that Africa would be the closest thing to what the Americas would be if the Europeans stayed close their own continent.