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Skokomish River king slaughter
Alchase:
No offense but the whole "living in peace and harmony with nature and respected the critters they hunt" is a myth not supported by the historical facts. Our history is full of myths like this to make us better or worse about ourselves.
They were seasonal hunter/fisherman yes. They also enslaved each other, and performed tribal genocide.
Read from the Lewis and Clark Journey of the Corps of Discovery. Lewis proclaimed he had never met a dishonest Indian.......until he hit the Columbia. Dishonesty (lying, cheating, and stealing) was a way of life ingrained in the Columbia basin to coastal tribes.
Kind of like white men I guess.
singleshot12:
No offence taken ;).Yes human nature is human nature in all races,and there has always been war,greed,stealing,and cheating etc. and always will be.
And yes history is full of myths,BUT history is always rewritten by the victors too.
Native people lived in the "survival of the fittest world" and it was barbaric times.But all the American tribes that I've researched ALL had a very strong connection to the creator,the land,rivers,animals,and the four seasons.They depended on all these resources for renewal and basic survival,so in a sense it was their religion.
But what I don't like to see is this belief system being used for political gain, and that's what's happening today...seems very hypocritical to me...going back to human nature again I guess :dunno: :bash:..
Alchase:
Well said.
BTW
Reading my post from yesterday I did not intend it to sound as harsh as it reads.
singleshot12:
It's Wild...but peaple living wild have been around for thousands of years...where as any civilizations have lasted a very short time...
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