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Guy Jones talks about the history of Native Americans
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These are the flagships.
I will try to inoculate the [Indians] by means of blankets that may fall in their hands, taking care however not to get the disease myself.
As it is a pity to oppose good men against them I wish we could make use of the Spaniards method and hunt them with English dogs, supported by rangers and some light horse [cavalry] who would I think effectively extirpate or remove that vermin
--- Letter from Colonel Bouquet to General Amherst, 13 July 1763
#genocide #smallpox #racism #Amherst #UnitedStates #TurtleIsland
Two Spirit People
One of several documentaries about Native American queer people Iβve watched over the last days. With sequences from the movie βLittle Big Manβ β now that I see these scenes again, I remember that there was some kind of βgayβ person in the movie, but I had totally forgotten about it. Then I thought it was an invention of the script writer, but now I see that it actually refers to traditions that were there. I must have forgotten that type when I tried hard to be a cis-male.
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