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I think it's less that they're taught that the native Americans were peaceful and more that they aren't really taught anything about the history of the native p
by Loughla 2y ago
I think it's less that they're taught that the native Americans were peaceful and more that they aren't really taught anything about the history of the native population. It usually starts when European settlers come here.
As an aside; I went to the Smithsonian museum of native Americans or whatever it's called. I was MASSIVELY disappointed that it focused almost solely on post-European settlement. I was really hoping for history and information about the tribes before that. They're fascinating, and it seems a little backhanded to just focus on our impact on them (important obviously, but very dismissive of their long history).
- criddell 2y ago> I was really hoping for history and information about the tribes before that How much of that is known?
- Loughla 2y agoI have no idea. And that's kind of the point. I'm assuming somebody can fill in some of the blanks for me.
- ahazred8ta 2y agoWe can tell a lot about their food sources, trade partners, economics, size of communities and civic centers, (material culture) but not much about politics, religion, folklore and class conflict. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeological_culture https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeological_culture
- hollerith 2y ago>focused almost solely on post-European settlement That is because the pre-European natives in North America did not write anything down. The only information we have not from European writers is material remains like arrowheads, pottery and the bones of the animals they butchered.