Chief Raoni and the Kayapo under attack (Amazon Watch News)

[Niri Te]

Apparently you have never learned about the Montanyards have you. They are a"Native People" as you put it, who lived up in the Highlands, who taught those of us fortunate enough to spend time with them, some really neat low tech stuff to use against the Vietnamese. You see, if you go back far enough, the Vietnamese came down from the north, played the "White Oppressors" against the Montanyards, (the "Indians" if you please). The Montanyards have NEVER forgotten this, and to this day, even AFTER the Vietnam war, still do hit and run attacks on Vietnamese Army units.
As far as including the farmers and villagers in with those from the cities, that is where your not giving a damn about the where and when of the Vietnam war puts you in poor stead. A lot of these "Villages" that you speak of, were nothing more than eight or ten glorified huts in the midst of some fields that the village CHIEFTAN, (Sounds Native to ME), ruled unless the VC said otherwise.
When you got out of the cities, most of Vietnam was nothing but "Native Peoples". You can not give a damn if you choose, but I was THERE, I lived with the Montanyards for two months, while you at best just read about it in some book. I could teach you about what REALLY happened there, and what had been brewing there for thousands of years, but I know, you don't care.
Consider yourself "corrected".