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Very few "White Americans" alive today have ravaged any American Indian sites. Even if you have the deranged notion that people should bear the responsibility

Very few "White Americans" alive today have ravaged any American Indian sites. Even if you have the deranged notion that people should bear the responsibility for what their ancestors did hundreds of years ago, it's still just tiny fraction of current Americans that should be the target of your anger.

AlotOfReading 5y ago
I understand where you're coming from, but in the interests of education it should be pointed out that a significant amount of destruction of native sites has occurred within "our" lifetimes. For instance, many suburbs in Chandler, AZ were directly built on bulldozed Hohokam pueblos in the 50s-80s. The power plant in Needles, CA was built over what was formerly the largest geoglyph in North America during the 70s, destroying most of the site. The wholesale looting of mimbres sites with heavy machinery mostly began in the 70s as well. The main reason this has slowed in recent years is that the looters have already gotten most of the obvious sites that aren't explicitly protected. Most people aren't aware of how much destruction of archaeological heritage suburban development has entailed. A good percentage of Americans, especially those in the great lakes or Southwest regions, have used infrastructure built on native sites. It's pretty inescapable.
- Grustaf 5y ago
  That's insane, one would have thought that would have been protected at least since the early 1900s.
  - BeetleB 5y ago
    Add another one to the list: In the 1950's, the Dalles Dam was built and submerged one of North America's longest continuously populated settlement (over 10,000 years). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celilo_Falls https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celilo_Falls
    - Grustaf 5y ago
      Awful. Seems to be a common denominator when building dams. The people responsible should be put in jail, but it can’t be blamed on “White Americans” in general, that’s just absurd.

AlotOfReading 5y ago

I understand where you're coming from, but in the interests of education it should be pointed out that a significant amount of destruction of native sites has occurred within "our" lifetimes. For instance, many suburbs in Chandler, AZ were directly built on bulldozed Hohokam pueblos in the 50s-80s. The power plant in Needles, CA was built over what was formerly the largest geoglyph in North America during the 70s, destroying most of the site. The wholesale looting of mimbres sites with heavy machinery mostly began in the 70s as well. The main reason this has slowed in recent years is that the looters have already gotten most of the obvious sites that aren't explicitly protected. Most people aren't aware of how much destruction of archaeological heritage suburban development has entailed. A good percentage of Americans, especially those in the great lakes or Southwest regions, have used infrastructure built on native sites. It's pretty inescapable.

Grustaf 5y ago
That's insane, one would have thought that would have been protected at least since the early 1900s.
- BeetleB 5y ago
  Add another one to the list: In the 1950's, the Dalles Dam was built and submerged one of North America's longest continuously populated settlement (over 10,000 years). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celilo_Falls https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celilo_Falls
  - Grustaf 5y ago
    Awful. Seems to be a common denominator when building dams. The people responsible should be put in jail, but it can’t be blamed on “White Americans” in general, that’s just absurd.