“We must protect the forests for our children, grandchildren and unborn children. We must protect forests for those who cannot speak for themselves, like birds, animals, fish and trees. » Chief Qwatsina of the Lakota tribe. The Plains natives, a respectful people, took from the land what they needed and always gave it. The settlers who arrived thought they were smarter and more advanced than the natives, and considered the natives inferior. In reality, it was exactly the opposite. It was the colonists who had forgotten that the most basic way of life was the most intelligent. The colonists were clouded by their "vast knowledge" in which they were convinced that their way of life was the best and only way of life and that any other way of life was not acceptable. The natives were a strong people and difficult to influence. but despite their relentless will to fight, they would ultimately lose. Living side by side was not a realistic option because the differences were too great and treaties were broken as well as the line of trust between native and native people. government, making any diplomatic solution impossible. The only reason the government was able to drive the natives off their land was to exterminate the bison. The Native American conflict in textbooks is said to have begun during King Philips' War, but the conflict actually began when the first settlers made their first encounters with the natives and ended at the end of the War of the Greats. Sioux in 1877. tribes of the Great Plains (residing from Montana to Colorado and North Dakota to Kansas) and, at some level, all native tribes had a very close connection to the part of the land that ensured their survival. They are... middle of paper...... October 5, 2012. Accessed February 10, 2014. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eKft8CB6AM. This is a video with a Native American bias that shows the relationship between Tecumseh and white people. I use this video to show how natives and white people could never live side by side. Wildcat, Wayne. “The buffalo harvest”. ICE Case Studies. Last modified December 18, 1997. Accessed January 8, 2014. http://www1.american.edu/ted/ice/buffalo.htm. This website provides an overview of the relationship between Native people and the American government and people, with a Native bias. This website seems credible, but the other website says the same thing in more depth and credibility. What I can take away from this site however is an excellent primary source: The Times of the Bison: Forty Years in the Old West: The Personal Account of a Rancher, Indian Fighter, and War Officer the army..