re philosophy quest how boldly in article apr hemlock cray com bobo thejester cray com bob kierski writes over the years we have decided that certain cultures need improvements the native americans is a good example prior to our attempt to civilize them the native american culture had very little crime no homelessnes no poverty this is shall we say an overly broad statement in particular are you referring to the native american culture that existed in or the one that existed in simplify things by assuming we re talking about the eastern us rather than the whole continent given that those were radically different cultures which one are you referring to if we encounter life elsewhere do we tell them they have to live in houses farm the land and go to church on sunday note that the pre columbian native americans east of the mississippi did all of these things well maybe not on sunday but they did have organized religions not to mention cities and governments if you are judging the native americans by the tribal culture that existed in you might want to read an account of the de soto expedition to find out what pre columbian native american culture at least in the more civilized parts of the continent was like svr resembles a high speed collision henry spencer u of toronto zoology between svr and sunos dick dunn henry zoo toronto edu utzoo henry
