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In reply to the discussion: "Before our white brothers arrived to make us civilized men…" [View all]Recursion
(56,582 posts)87. The earliest evidence found is 18kya. Where are you getting 28k-38k?
I've never seen anything earlier than 18kya, what have you seen suggesting earlier migration? For that matter, other than a few coprolites here and there the extinction pattern is the main thing that human expansion patterns within the continent are dated by.
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There most certainly WAS property as we know it. It was owned, allocated and protected by the tribe.
KittyWampus
Feb 2013
#27
They also had the wisdom to give representation to the 7th generation regarding all decisions
Dragonfli
Feb 2013
#24
Part true, for some groups of NA, lots of bullshit too. NA had slavery
Exultant Democracy
Feb 2013
#4
" there was not a thief, nor a vicious man, nor an adulteress, nor was a bad woman ..."
Coyotl
Feb 2013
#7
We Indians are Latin America's moral reserve. We act according to a universal law that consists of
mikekohr
Feb 2013
#116
not much advantage in being a thief when you depend on your tribe for everything, so you're
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#68
what is your problem? i'm obviously talking about within one's own tribe. and. fyi. there are
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#105
Counting coup was limited to a few Plains nations, and developed long after contact with whites
Recursion
Feb 2013
#34
Columbus noted in his journals that young girls of the ages 9 to 10 were the most desired by his men
mikekohr
Feb 2013
#111
LOL! Killed off the dinosaurs too, I reckon. Maybe even caused the ice age with all those campfirea!
Zorra
Feb 2013
#62
It is easier to justify the disposession and near extirmination of a People when you marginalize
mikekohr
Feb 2013
#103
Or perhaps massive climate change was the culprit, but let's blame the Indians anyway
mikekohr
Feb 2013
#86
The megafauna of the North American continent included mammoths, giant ground sloths, mastodons...
Ikonoklast
Feb 2013
#97
Well, that certainly makes the demise of the NA Indian all worthwhile, doesn't it? nt.
OldDem2012
Feb 2013
#14
Just pointing out that horse were an invasive species, just like many others that came with them
hobbit709
Feb 2013
#16
"The earth is an organism, and that organism has a skin; that skin has diseases...
alterfurz
Feb 2013
#89
To put it that way, no. But there is a great deal of respect for their close relationship with
gtar100
Feb 2013
#63
There were horses in NA until around the time that the natives crossed over from Siberia.
cemaphonic
Feb 2013
#74
Would One Want To Elaborate On The Profundity Of "Over-romanticized twaddle"?
cantbeserious
Feb 2013
#22
Weren't there 500 nations? Did all of them have the same laws and way of life? Did all of them get
lunamagica
Feb 2013
#25
IIRC, most if not all Native American tribes were essentially matriarchal.
kestrel91316
Feb 2013
#30
no such generalization can be made. there's a wide variation in time and space.
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#71
Before individual property rights, property belonged to tribes. You'd no choice but adhere to tribal
KittyWampus
Feb 2013
#26
"Don't romantize tribal life." - Seems to work pretty well for the wealthy. n/t
jtuck004
Feb 2013
#28
The First Nations practiced genocidal warfare, slavery, and hunted species to extinction
Recursion
Feb 2013
#31
Shh, the noble savage, in perfect harmony with nature and each other shall not be questioned.
X_Digger
Feb 2013
#47
I think it's ironic that you say so, considering that Lame Deer spent most of his life living
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#70
Where, pray, would I find indian history but in books - written by "red", "white", "historian" and
Democracyinkind
Feb 2013
#76
Desmond Tutu: "When the white man came, they had the Bible, and we had the land. And they said,
struggle4progress
Feb 2013
#65
absence of locks, private property, prisons, etc isn't specific to native americans; it's the usual
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#66
The quote is romantic - a longing for a heritage that was torn, instead of let to evolve.
toby jo
Feb 2013
#92
This was posted By Randy Isbister, my Native friend from Saskatchewan, on my Facebook Page
mikekohr
Feb 2013
#112
This is the kind of sentimental tripe that appeals to people who didn't pay attention in their
msanthrope
Feb 2013
#119
You should read "Lame Deer, Seeker of Visions." from which the lead post was taken
mikekohr
Feb 2013
#122