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That doesn't jive with my understanding. The US government went about systematic elimination of indigenous people. Part of that was the elimination of bison as
by sethammons 7y ago
That doesn't jive with my understanding. The US government went about systematic elimination of indigenous people. Part of that was the elimination of bison as a food source. The population of bison declined from the millions to around a thousand in under a decade arout the 1860s.
- rriepe 7y agoOP is talking about how it got to millions in the first place, a hypothesized peak between two human populations who were suppressing it.
- readarticle 7y agoEuropean states in America went about systematic elimination of the survivors, the pre contact population absolutely dwarfed these remnants and in their time, kept flora and fauna in check across the continent.