You mean the Maori that in 1835 set out to murder every single man, woman and child of the peaceful Moriori people on Chatham Island just for sport? [1] Yeah I don't think so.
> Soon, Ngāti Mutunga and Ngāti Tama began to takahi, or walk the land, to lay claim to it.
> A Māori chief, Te Rakatau Katihe, said: "We took possession ... in accordance with our custom, and we caught all the people. Not one escaped. Some ran away from us, these we killed; and others also we killed – but what of that? It was in accordance with our custom."
But... they were incredibly bloody and violent warriors. That's like, the most well-known impressive part of their culture. Superimposing some bizarre romanic notion of them as peaceful environmental stewards is crazy.
How do you feel about Germany and what they did less than 100 years ago.
Nearly every tribe, nation, empire or a represntive of has blood on their hands in some wrong doing at some point in history.
I feel you're being harsh and dismissive. There could stil be good to come from their guidance and the Maori do a lot in New Zealand and are taking on a lot of roles to safeguard the environment and be leaders and guardians in those areas.
I think there is a non-trivial amount of people who refuse to accept that.
If only the double standard in the permissible generalizations of the article were as easily observable.
Your post reminds of the pilot episode for Star Trek: The Next Generation. Q would not allow the starship Enterprise to explore the galaxy and would charge its crew for the past wrongs of the entire human race. It looks like you are taking the same position as Q here.