Intolerance or lack of information

Do you know of other cases of indigenous communities that have gone through the same process? Mentioned them.

It’s tough to read about the stolen generation, especially when you do not feel identify with the reasons that drove the Australian government to act in this way.
In his book called Race, Ethnicity, crime and Justice, Dr. Shaun Gabbidon refers to Australia in a particular way:

“Australia is labeled by the author as a land of contrasts, not only in geology and geography but also in its inhabitants. The Aborigines of Australia, as per Gabbidon, are the world's oldest culture and religion”1.

Why do we fight trying to make them exactly as the rest of the people is. Who is the retrograde and closed mind here? The indigenous people that tries to keep their culture alive, or we, people who can not share the same territory with others and want that everybody think and act in the same way?

I know about other case, the Cherokees in US that were forced to move from its land to another place, forced by the white people, and during this movement a lot of indigenous died. All these actions for what?

I want to share a video that shows the case of the Cherokees in America and try to think what it’s the real meaning behind that? Under a shiny name: “The trail of tears” Americans hide this horrible abuse.

http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/17386-how-the-west-was-lost-the-cherokees-trail-of-tears-video.htm retrieved in May 3, 2010.

1. Holness, N.. (2009). RACE, ETHNICITY, CRIME, AND JUSTICE: AN INTERNATIONAL DILEMMA. Journal of Cultural Diversity, 16(4), 187-190. Retrieved May 3, 2010, from ProQuest Medical Library. (Document ID: 2004794771).