The epistemological shake up that the discovery of Indians caused the Church is behind the 300 years of anger white people have had toward Indians. Maps were considered a description of God s creation, created by churches which were the knowledge centers. Origin, Place, God. People tend to operate in this world with divine sanction.
Someone has to keep the big rules.
Trend in human response to differences - the most common explanation for differences in human behavior is biology and the only way to solve such problems is with death, genocide, massacres, witch hunts. Rich is grounded in culture and the Paiutes are grounded in biology. Justification for how we ve dealt with biological differences are couched in economics, public health and safety. Culture, biology, spirituality provide cultural and biological affiliations. This is the ultimate rational for not going anywhere else.