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Originally Posted by BelleZora
Earlier in this discussion we mentioned the near extinction of the buffalo. We left it with possibly the appearance of primarily placing blame upon the native people. The Smithsonian currently has a traveling exhibition, funded by the U.S. Congress, in Sierra Vista, Arizona that leaves no doubt about who is held responsible. I am posting a very bad photograph and a quote from that exhibition.
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Here is the quote just above the portion pictured:
Here is another quote from an 1889 magazine:
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Yes, exactly. There was an intended effort to exterminate the buffalo herds that the Plains Indians depended on to force them to give up their traditional lands and located to reservations where they would be dependent on the US government. I thought that the unnamed white hunter that Fools Crow kills because that hunter is just shooting wild life, including black horns, not for any purpose but to kill them was intended by the author to represent this history?