>I think of aboriginals as utilitarians struggling to survive. Grouping all pre Colombian Native Americans into one bucket is akin to talking about “Africa” as

>I think of aboriginals as utilitarians struggling to survive. Grouping all pre Colombian Native Americans into one bucket is akin to talking about “Africa” as one indistinguishable place today. There was a massive diversity of societies and cultures that spanned the continent with trading networks that crisscrossed the continent as well. Most European account of initial contact tend to describe a life of relative abundance, people certainly weren’t struggling to survive any more than your average 15th century European.