Vermont, Denver and Phoenix celebrate Native Americans, not genocide.

OffSheGoes35 said:

An excellent quote. One of the things Paul Chaat Smith, Comanche author and associate curator at the National Museum of the American Indian, emphasized in his marvelous book, Everything You Know About Indians is Wrong, is the need to not just recognize the heroes and history of American Indians but also to understand the obvious- that these are real people living in the real world today. Many non-natives tend to either ignore the existence of Native Americans or romanticize them as merely relics of history.

cp3iverson said:

Native Americans have had it the worst out of any race in North America. I like Chris Rock's quote "Blacks screaming racism for everything. Whites screaming reverse racism. Indians arent saying shit cuz theyre all dead! if u think otherwise ask yourself this. When have u ever met two indians? I've never met two indians in my life! I've never walked into red lobster and seen an american indian family chillin out"

I'm fortunate to have met several Native Americans but a lot of that may have to do with having been born in and lived in California most of my life as well as a number of years in Washington State. In fact, I have a nephew who is (maybe- not sure of the percentage) half Native American. But then if you met him, you might not know it. Not only was there a terrible genocide of Native Americans but there was also a lot of thinning of native blood, often due to rape (but not the case with my relative). And it's worth remembering that many American Indians still live on reservations- places that many of us would never consider moving to due to the poverty of both the soil and the people living there. Native people are more often seen in places like the Dakotas or parts of Arizona, etc.