3 ms·
There are, however, instances of entire Native tribes adopting settled agrarian economies, developing written languages, and largely adopting European civilizat
by Manuel_D 2y ago
There are, however, instances of entire Native tribes adopting settled agrarian economies, developing written languages, and largely adopting European civilization: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee
The Native Americans weren't ignorant of the advantages the European settlers possessed, and many did attempt to reform their societies along European grounds. They just tended to do this as a society-wide endeavor, rather than individual people running away to live with colonists.
- _aavaa_ 2y agoThis description leaves out the why. Why did the tribes start adopting these ways of life? The wiki link itself talks about how they continuously had their land stolen, the deer population they hunted for food was almost made extinct by the colonists, and a general attempt to claim ownership and sovereignty over their land in a way that was in line with how the European powers viewed ownership.
- insane_dreamer 2y ago> attempt to reform their societies along European grounds well, yeah, they had their land forcibly taken away from them so had to change their way of life it's also unclear how much some of the social structural changes by the Cherokee was by choice or pressure from invaders to become "civilized" (i.e., pyramidical government structures, individual land ownership, etc.) there's no indication that, generally speaking, Native Americans saw European societies as a "better life" -- in fact, quite the contrary. More powerful technologically and militarily, yes, but that's a separate matter altogether.