[quote="RambOrc":1frfqj4d]...are they? You should really read up on this topic if you think so - there are still natives in many Latin American countries, mostly pushed to the borders of society, not having those rights the rest of the people in the country have (so little it is). In some countries they are still systematically extincted by government forces, the same way the US army did in the 19th century.
You know, this reminds me of a similar tragic situation here in Canada back in the early 1990's. The Algonquins, a native tribe in Eastern Canada, were basically just living peacefully in the boreal forest, when a logging company purchased the rights to clear-cut their land. Whether or not the logging company knew the Algonquins lived there was pretty much irrelevant, because since none of these natives lived in houses (ones built my other companies, of course), they weren't legally recognized as land owners. <!-- s:( --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_sad.gif" alt=":(" title="Sad" /><!-- s:( --> So, what ended up happening was, the natives continued to defend their land from the logging company, and when it became obvious they weren't going to leave, the federal government and the police got involved. (The general public overwhelmingly sided with the Natives, though the government was trapped in the middle). The logging company fought its way through the legal system, and eventually won, provided they don't destroy the ecosystem there or something insignificant compared to forcing thousands to leave their home. <!-- s:( --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_sad.gif" alt=":(" title="Sad" /><!-- s:( -->