> There's a lot more shared identity today as a result of colonization and the reservation system, which somewhat extends to things like food. Yes and this nea

> There's a lot more shared identity today as a result of colonization and the reservation system, which somewhat extends to things like food. Yes and this nearly amorphous identity is a tragedy that needs unbundling. Scratch the surface and none of it makes sense for any single pre-colonial culture on the whole continent. There are like 300 recognized distinct pre-colonial cultures here at the US federal level, most of which were grandfathered in before a cutoff for the reservation system and additional ones each requiring an act of Congress for recognition, even more at the state level, and even more vying for recognition as they are just noticing and regrouping after ages of separation, in a combination of forced separation or lineage dilution.