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This must have been what it was like when the settlers were trying to communicate with native Americans at first
by hammock 3y ago
This must have been what it was like when the settlers were trying to communicate with native Americans at first
- LNSY 3y agoAnd then the genocide started
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- stavros 3y agoUnfortunately, the settlers never really got what the native Americans were trying to say.
- stavros 3y agoWhich group is the toddler here?
- defrost 3y agoOne group had an advanced democratic government of the people which the other group struggled to learn from: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/democracy-indigenous-americans-people-rule-muscogee https://www.sciencenews.org/article/democracy-indigenous-ame...
- lotsofcows 3y agoThe settlers were greeted by English speaking native Americans who had been working the shipping trade.
- kqr 3y agoThe crazy thing about this happening with toddlers (at least in my experience) is that you're not really sure how complex their desires are until they manage to communicate them. Settlers interacting with natives knew full well how complex their desires were – they lived side-by-side, traded, socialised, and learned from each other.[1] Any suggestion of a primitive native is self-comforting propaganda from the industrial complex that comes after the settlers. [1]: Indians, Settlers, and Slaves in a Frontier Exchange Economy; Usner; Omohundro Institute; 2014.
- scooke 3y agoWhat an absolutely ridiculous statement. Go to reddit with that.