"took land" and 'enslavement' are not traditional Native ways, and that he refers to that as "fun facts" is strange. If there were instances of such, again that's atypical, so am not going to bother to check out the lengthy vid.
You're right, that "took land" implies property, a foreign concept. However, at least in the Pacific Northwest, raiding and slaving (e.g., Haida, Cowichan) was common practice.
thx & what's your source for that and what do you mean by "slaving"? The Cherokee have been labeled as having slaves but it's important to realize that was, from what i know, an effect of colonialism and not traditional.
i asked in part b/c people often say, well the Natives fought too, as if to say we're all the same, whereas the modern wars include scorched earth policy, something small skirmishes between Natives wouldn't do.
Sure, the risk is in overgeneralizing in whatever way. Locally where I live, an island traditional to several different tribes and long association including intermarriage with settlers, oral tradition tells of raids between tribes up and down the coast, including massacres and slavetaking, before whites arrived. These histories are known at specific places (bays, mountains, etc.) as well as in the coastal geography at large extending especially up to Haida Gwaii.
"took land" and 'enslavement' are not traditional Native ways, and that he refers to that as "fun facts" is strange. If there were instances of such, again that's atypical, so am not going to bother to check out the lengthy vid.
You're right, that "took land" implies property, a foreign concept. However, at least in the Pacific Northwest, raiding and slaving (e.g., Haida, Cowichan) was common practice.
thx & what's your source for that and what do you mean by "slaving"? The Cherokee have been labeled as having slaves but it's important to realize that was, from what i know, an effect of colonialism and not traditional.
i asked in part b/c people often say, well the Natives fought too, as if to say we're all the same, whereas the modern wars include scorched earth policy, something small skirmishes between Natives wouldn't do.
Sure, the risk is in overgeneralizing in whatever way. Locally where I live, an island traditional to several different tribes and long association including intermarriage with settlers, oral tradition tells of raids between tribes up and down the coast, including massacres and slavetaking, before whites arrived. These histories are known at specific places (bays, mountains, etc.) as well as in the coastal geography at large extending especially up to Haida Gwaii.
oral tradition directly from the First Nations?
also i wonder the point highlighting all this when there is so much rich tradition