If aliens visit us, the outcome would be much as when Columbus landed in America, which didn't turn out well for the Native Americans.
For many Native Americans across the land, the name of the Washington football team is a deeply personal reminder of a legacy of racism and generations of pain.
When I was a kid, I really loved Indians. Native Americans. Pardon. Me.
American football seems to resemble soccer in that one scores by putting the ball through the opponent's goal; but football, truly is about land. The Settlers want to move the line of scrimmage Westward, the Native Americans want to move it East.
I remember hearing stories from my mother and father about their parents and grandparents when they were taken off the reservation, taken to the boarding schools, and pretty much taught to be ashamed of who they were as Native Americans. You can feel that impact today.
I've always been interested in the history of the West, our country and particularly as it relates to the Native Americans - the original Americans.
I've come to the point in my life where I encourage young Native Americans to become much more selfish about their personal needs and wants.
Native Americans had only stone and wooden weapons and no animals that could be ridden. Those military advantages repeatedly enabled troops of a few dozen mounted Spaniards to defeat Indian armies numbering in the thousands.
People tend to forget that in our country, we'd pretty much all be immigrants, except for the Native Americans.
Everyone who's born in the Western Hemisphere is a Native American. We are all Native Americans.