Actually Skynryd, it is not me that has judged Custer to be a war crinminal, but history itself. The same as history has defined hitler, stalin, and others as war criminals. And, as with hitler and stalin, there are still people to defend them, and there are people who continue to deny and defend a totally despicable chapter in American history.
Skyline drive is quite right. The movies you have watched, skynard, which is clearly where you get your history from, were made with white actors acting like "blood thirsty savages" and were made for entertainment purposes of a predominately white audience. They are not history.
I must really laugh at your one statement that "made the absolutely barbaric practice of "scalping" world infamous". It was the british and the French who taught the native Americans to take scalps as proof and then would pay by the scalp". that kind of barbarism only comes from the Europeans.
On a macro level, this whole thread is a perfect example of why politics is not allowed on these threads. Not only are people trying to argue that genicide is acceptable in some circumstances (skynyrd), but we have effectively chased off a young potential collector with a family heirloom. Instead, people want to change history and have an argument.
