Gad
Gad - North American Indians
Deuteronomy 33:20
20 And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head.
“And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad”
The Most High Blessed Gad with the largest portion of the North American continent.
“he dwelleth as a lion,”
Gad roam the land as a lion and was ready for war to defend it.
1 Chronicles 5:18 also (1 Chronicles 12:8)
18 The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war.
“with the crown of the head.”
native american headdresses, while more recently cropping up amongst the trend-savvy in art photos and catalogs, have traditionally symbolized power and bravery as well as steadfast spirit. in most cases, headdresses weren’t made in one sitting but rather curated over a period of time. as warriors committed acts of bravery, a feather would be added to the headdress as a symbol of that act. so the more feathers in a headdress, the more elaborate the glory: warriors with full headdresses were believed to be the bravest and often most ominous tribe members.
Genesis 49:19
19 Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.
American Indian Wars
American Indian Wars is the name used in the United States to describe a series of conflicts between American settlers or the federal government and the native peoples of North America before and after the American Revolutionary War. The wars resulted from the arrival of European colonizers who continuously sought to expand their territory, pushing the indigenous populations westwards. The wars were spurred by ideologies such as Manifest Destiny, which held that the United States was destined to expand from coast to coast on the American continent, and which resulted in the policy of Indian removal, by which indigenous peoples were removed from the areas where Europeans were settling, either forcefully or by means of voluntary exchange of territory through treaties.
Estimates:
Two studies have been conducted that attempt to number the natives killed by the United States. The first of these was sponsored by the United States government, and while official does not stand up to scrutiny and is therefore discounted (generally); this estimate shows between 1 million to 4 million killed. The second study was not sponsored by the US Government but was done from independent researchers. This study estimated populations and population reductions using later census data. Two figures are given, both low and high, at: between 10 million and 114 million Indians as a direct result of US actions. Please note that Nazi Holocaust estimates are between 6 and 11 million; thereby making the Nazi Holocaust the 2nd largest mass murder of a class of people in history.
