"At first we had the land and the white man had the bible. Now we have the Bible and the white man has the land." -Dan George, 19th Century Canadian Indian
Native Americans lived in America long before the Europeans happened to come across and settle the land there. Native Americans had their own belief systems and ways of living before the Europeans attempted to spread Christianity and convert everyone to their way of thinking. Natives believed that no one owned the land and that everyone communally shared it. Europeans traveled to America in search of a new place to settle in order to form a society based on their beliefs as opposed to those of England. Europeans imposed their way of living on the Natives, although its ironic that they created the United States to promote freedom. Europeans tricked the Natives into selling them the land by selling them religion. …
