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AngryBlitzcrankMain t1_ja0odgy wrote

Reply to comment by mycatchynamegoeshere in Weekly History Questions Thread. by AutoModerator

Because indigenous people of North America were not only conquered and colonized but ethnically cleansed and genocided.

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mycatchynamegoeshere t1_ja4ur9u wrote

Yes, I know what happened in North America. I guess my wording wasn’t quite right. What happened on other continents to prevent such an extreme change. Other countries have uncontacted tribes and tribes living very closely to the way they did before colonizers came along. How did they avoid the genocides?

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AngryBlitzcrankMain t1_ja500u7 wrote

Did they avoid them? Are there many indigenous people of Indian ocean islands? Or South America? Or are there a few isolated groups living in areas that are hard to reach and thus were spared the ethnic cleansing groups that lived in other areas faced. USA was colonized fully and the natives were slowly moved from east to the west as colonization continued while their way of life was slowly but steadily destroyed.

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