For whatever it's worth, as one of many conquerors of a land once inhabited by Native Americans, it's increasingly becoming public knowledge that we weren't exactly kind to them; just because we won doesn't mean their side of the story remained entirely/indefinitely eclipsed.
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this makes me think,
1. If history is written by the winners then how does it matter?
2. If history is written once you depart then how does it matter?
3. Finally, if leaving a legacy that important; how far one would go to write it the way they want?
For whatever it's worth, as one of many conquerors of a land once inhabited by Native Americans, it's increasingly becoming public knowledge that we weren't exactly kind to them; just because we won doesn't mean their side of the story remained entirely/indefinitely eclipsed.