Rushdoony did missions in American Indian tribes for eight years, and the things he saw changed his outlook on religion, politics, and family. Many Americans were pretty disenchanted with Christian theism due to their interactions with white men and women. Although they associated Christianity with white people, simply because it was the white man who first introduced it to them, they did not associate Christians to Christ. And this is the primary reason why they rejected it so strongly. A man who claims to have strong legs, but can only crawl, won't be trusted.

Rushdoony also looked at how the government has caused the American Indian tribes to die out. They literally took their land, their people, and their food against their will. The government's hand infiltrate anything that is not theirs.