What? Are you crazy? Done little of anything to defend and protect their land (note - you said "their land")?
Ever heard of King Philip's war?
http://www.pilgrimhall.org/philipwar.htmWe butchered and slaughtered Indians with enormous glee. Of course, they fought back and did the same to us in some cases (Battle of Little Bighorn). But we gave much better than we got, especially with smallpox
Check out how Lord Jeffrey Amherst used smallpox infected blankets to wipe out Indians during the 7 Year War:
http://www.nativeweb.org/pages/legal/amherst/lord_jeff.htmlOr this charming bit of "how the west was won" history:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wounded_Knee_massacreAnd you're creating a rationalization (an specious one, btw).
A lot of times, people do that when they're know they're wrong, but they can't deal with the truth.
It's like watching the O'Reilly Factor.
Hahaha
OWD