De Vaca pic analysis

I came across this picture on the internet courtesy of Mendota Dakota.com, and once again Ms. Brown for letting us use the internet. I chose this picture with the Native Americans in mind. Throughout history, it seems as if they can never get a break. Someone’s either trying to take over their land, or turn them into slaves. The visual illustrates four Native American men holding weapons with facial expressions that seem to say “enough is enough”. The text under the pictures is absolutely true. The “Natives” have been fighting terrorism the longest, and had little to no weapons to defend themselves. This gets me to think about our government, we have so much modern technology, and even a plethora of weapons. Why is it that we handle terrorism so badly? We are still fighting a battle that occurred seven years ago with little efforts to show for it? I probably would understand this better if we at least had some results to show for it. I am in no means criticizing our government, I am just merely pointing out a flaw. Native Americans do not receive enough recognition for their strength and courage. Imagine what would have happened seven years ago, we become attacked with large crafts, and our only means of protection are arrows and spears, with little to no medical attention for those that become injured. This picture merely is a “what if” picture. What if the Native Americans had a better mean of protection? What if there weren’t any terrorists? Then just maybe therer wouldn’t be broken tribes and they wouldn’t make up such a small number in the American population.