*brohugs Owlbread*
I feel for you man. I am from the US and, in contrast to what RedKing said, I wouldn't expect you to be happy or proud facing what you are facing. To see one's culture ripped to shreds is a tragic thing, like a part of yourself is being removed.
It's like losing an arm or a leg. Sure, you can use a prosthetic, but it's just not the same.
That being said, I'm not condemning all past imperialization or conquering. The economic and political factors are too complex for me to judge in such a simple manner, especially since it all happened before I was even born.
Thank you very much, it's a weird thing. I know a lot of Scots won't see this the way I do but I don't know if they can't see or won't see. Even though I can try to carry parts of the culture I'd like to preserve within me, I don't think it's possible for me to preserve it on my own, let alone on the scale that this needs to be done.
And to Redking, I don't think becoming independent again is the only way to preserve us, but I think it's by far the easiest and one of the only options we have available right now. Becoming independent won't magically solve this problem, but it will make it much easier to solve because people will be forced to look at their Scottishness. Right now it's possible to move to Scotland and consider yourself British, not Scottish, just as a lot of immigrants are doing now in England. Many people who move to Scotland from other parts of the UK (the south of England for instance) simply don't assimilate, meaning that it's the natives who change. Even if their kids do assimilate, the local culture and language has been changed hugely. It's not their fault, it's just a symptom of the problems created by the British state. (The confederate flag stuff is an interesting topic, but I'd get sucked into talking about stuff I don't know enough about).
The other problem Kaijyuu is that even if we went out and studied traditions and songs and language and all that stuff in Scotland you wouldn't get it all down on paper or in a study. Trying to get this hypothetically homogenized "North Britain" to take these customs on again is another story.
I also know many Davidsons, but I do not know where their clan territory is. Do tell good sir.