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>I dont think Bison were a staple prior to 1900 or anything. You've been misinformed. Bison was the "was the principal food source for Indigenous Peoples of th
by boplicity 3y ago
>I dont think Bison were a staple prior to 1900 or anything.
You've been misinformed. Bison was the "was the principal food source for Indigenous Peoples of the Plains.[0]"
Indigenous people depended on bison for food; bison were slaughtered wholesale in order to make life as hard as possible for indigenous people to live. This was quite intentional, and extremely horrible. And yes, it sucks, and is uncomfortable to think about. Doesn't mean we should ignore it, though.
[0] http://traditionalanimalfoods.org/mammals/hoofed/page.aspx?id=6136 http://traditionalanimalfoods.org/mammals/hoofed/page.aspx?i...
- whimsicalism 3y agothey are clearly talking about the US as a whole and the collapse of bison population was multi-causal, attributing it all to an effort to get rid of native americans is frankly ahistorical. Bison decline was already decidedly in the cards by the time colonizers started large-scale hunting of them, due to the introduction of the horse and the rifle among tribal communities (the popular depiction of plains native americans as long-term bison hunters is a western conjuration not based in reality). [0] there is a tendency in pop (progressive) history journalism to use the fact that someone said something as evidence that this was the primary motivator for why people did the things they did. (see, for instance, the 1492 project). [0]: https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/06/09/what-role-did-native-americans-and-horses-play-in-the-decline-of-bison/ https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/06/09/what-role-did-native...