kjf You got me there...but imagine if the Amerindian culture had not been erradicated--for all intents and purposes--would it then, under the influence of a democracy, have produced an Einstein or a Newton? I would like to think so...but i imagine that had the culture been allowed to continue on, like the Aborigineese (sp) in Austrailia, the nation may have developed differently (duh). What do you think about the influence of PC (political Correctness) on the portrayal of the American Indian in Film? I think that there is also a positive trend towards historical accuracy--in costume, language development so on--as seen in Dances With Wolves, The Last of the Mohicans ('92 version). That's my two cents worth . . . Buck