A settler colonial myth (and projection): E. N. Anderson, Raymond Pierotti, ‘Appendix 3: The “Wasteful” Native Debunked’, in E. N. Anderson, Raymond Pierotti, Respect and Responsibility in Pacific Coast Indigenous Nations, Springer 2022 | settler colonial studies blog

A settler colonial myth (and projection): E. N. Anderson, Raymond Pierotti, ‘Appendix 3: The “Wasteful” Native Debunked’, in E. N. Anderson, Raymond Pierotti, Respect and Responsibility in Pacific Coast Indigenous Nations, Springer 2022

16Oct22

Abstract: The settler-society myth of the “wasteful” Native Americans, who exterminated the Pleistocene megafauna and drove millions of buffalo over cliffs, persists in spite of criticism. The present book must include some debunking of this myth. Native American stories make it clear that overhunting did occur and was recognized; it was also stopped when it did appear. Wise use remained the rule.

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