Lewis & Clark helped rob American Indians

[govegan]

Link: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/158278_lewisclark28.html

There is another way to view Lewis and Clark, however, which is nearer to the truth. Lewis and Clark were military officers serving American empire and manifest destiny and they were the vanguard of American policies that ultimately robbed the indigenous peoples of nearly everything they possessed.

Historian Bernard DeVoto stated, "The dispatch of the Lewis and Clark expedition was an act of imperial policy." This imperialism was directed at the Indians who inhabited the Pacific Northwest and the Louisiana Territory.

No, can't be. Those Indians hated us for our freedoms! Just ask the Putrescent Poltroon at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

[RobertSeattle]

1. If American Indians just had better immigration laws...

Isn't that an old bumper sticker?