Problem. We already had a “Mohawk” airframe in service when the Apache was introduced. It was a recon aircraft.

Other than that, great information. I was never taught that in “history” class and I am part “Cherokee”.

An interesting tidbit. My family is considered “patchwork” as to say it is mixed is an understatement. Most are “whitish” (Germanic, Scottish, Italian, Polish, Irish, etc) but many in the family adopted and married different races.

My aunt was asked to take in a Pottawatomie child for a year since she could not get an education at the Reservation where she was living (which was not of that tribe) since the prejudice between tribes is so great.

Something else we are not usually taught in “history class”.

Most tribes go by their nicknames and not the real name of their tribes. That’s right, there is no real tribe that called THEMSELVES Apache, Mohawk, Commanche or Chumash for instance. They called themselves that after the Europeans arrived and already settled on their lands. Where did those names come from? Those are derogatory names given by their enemies which were often met before the other tribe. It would like the British happening upon the French while they were at war with Germany and asking what the French called the Germans. You can use a dictionary (probably not one of those pocket dictionaries though) to find out the real name of your local tribe and how their name came to be. For instance Iroquois is the local word for adder and Cheyenne means one who speaks a foreign language. Most tribes called themelves us/we/people in their own language.

There are far more people claming themselves belonging to an American tribe than there were believed to be people living in North America before the Europeans showed up. Many tribes still practice expulsion so there probably is even more Native Americans even though they are no longer registered as such.

The Alanta Braves “tomahawk chop” foam tomahawks you see at the games are actually made by an American tribe. It’s hardly insensitive to the tribe that’s making tens if not hundreds of thousands of dollars from that one product each year.

On aside note, the Army should rename their Apache (the French repronounciation of the Zuñi word apachu which means enemy) helicopter to Mohawk. It would go from being named “thug/gangster/enemy” to being named “The eater of men.”

Happy Thanksgiving to all, even the Salon turkey chorus! We’ll be serving them up witn cranberries for Christmas!

Is their a right to survive?

Are you joking?

Of course there is no right to survive.