10 September 2024

Bury My Heart In Bullshit

"There is no Sioux word for that.  For owning the earth."

I don't speak Sioux.

It might be that they don't have a word for land ownership, but they certainly do have the concept in their culture.

All of the plains Indians understood territory and the idea of excluding others from theirs.

That's ownership of the earth, with or without a word for it.

Posted by Angus McThag at 16:00
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  1. Technomad27 October, 2024 20:55

    There was a difference between "hunting grounds" claimed by a tribe as a whole and individual gardens where crops (squash, corn, beans, whatever) were grown. Trespass in an Indian's private garden and get caught by him swiping his corn or squash, and YOU would get squashed, fast.

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