it was avoidable but not without a major change in attitude. if we had intended to destroy all of the invaders we wuold have never helped them survive. we could have crushed them early on. it is not our way to turn away someone in need and so it goes....
so ask yourself today. is what continues...
because they thought their beliefs and skin color made them superior and as you can see from the answers here, that attitude has not changed for many.
ETA: joel provide a link to what you posted as that is revisionist history to make it look like native people were starving until the...
as was said, the dance scared them. they never, and still don't, take the time to understand what we are. it gave them an excuse to destroy more of us. we did not legally receive freedom of religion until 1978 and some amendments in the 1990s as well. my lifetime had ceremonies being performed...