George Wuerthner's article tries to debunk the idea that American
Indians were different from the white hunters who killed vast numbers of
bison in order to make land suitable for ranching. However, he subverts
his intentions in a single paragraph:
"Tribal people like the Blackfeet, Crow and other plains tribes
considered beaver trapping beneath their dignity. They were bison
hunters, and hunting bison is what they did not only for their
subsistence but also for trade to obtain everything from pretty cloth to
rifles."
FOR TRADE? In other words, they had become part of capitalist society.
Blame capitalism rather than the Lakota, the Blackfoot or the Comanche,
Mr. Wuerthner.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/06/09/what-role-did-native-americans-and-horses-play-in-the-decline-of-bison/
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