History 17A – United States History (Spring 2007) As Long as the
Grass Grows [Students and professors, please read.] Reading
Assignment: As Long as Grass Grows 2. Describe the history of
Indigenous-White relations? Do you agree with Specked Snake’s
synopsis? From the beginning of the semester, we learned that
Europeans used the image of the savage to justify enslavement
and genocide. The main thing Europeans were driven by was greed
for land, gold, industry, free labor, etcetera. Native Americans
who did not go along with European interests were severely
disciplined, if not executed. Europeans exploited the fact that
the native Americans did not have a concept of private property
when colonizing America. Europeans exploited the unassuming
trust of the native Americans, accepting their gifts and
violently taking the rest. Europeans fought dirty and without
honor in conflicts with native Americans. They turned natives
against eachother by granting privileges to those who joined
forces with Europeans. They broke