This was an online newspaper article I came across.

I have always been interested in the history of the US particularly with regards to the conflicts between the native Americans and the settlers who were pushing further into their territory.

One of the themes in a number of books I have been reading over the last three years has been that of conflict and cultural missunderstanding between the native peoples of NZ, Australia, the Pacific Islands and Asia (particularly China) and the so called discoverers of those lands. As a foreigner living in a foreign land (China now and Japan & SE Asia before)it makes me think a lot about what I say and do.

Cultural arrogance on one side often leads to appaling conflicts for both sides.