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[-] MaybeNaught@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Wait a sec, wasn't the majority of that land in the western states claimed by New Spain and then Mexico? How is the maker of this map qualifying "land of native nations"?

[-] Saurok@lemmy.ml 11 points 23 hours ago

There were people there before New Spain and Mexico claimed the land. I imagine they're qualifying it using something like the map I linked.

[-] jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works -5 points 2 hours ago

most of the land was unpopulated

[-] Kinperor@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 hours ago

ah yes, that time when america was a land without people, and americans were a people without land

[-] jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works -2 points 1 hour ago

it had a population density less than Wyoming and had few places with any infrastructure to indicate that it was actually being used

[-] Kinperor@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 hour ago

Then it's fine to fasten a noose around the natives' neck and very gradually tighten it?

What else could you be indicating by posting about this in this context? It's true that natives were nomadic people moving through the land, but how does that make it right for europeans to come in and claim land in a permanent fashion from across the globe?

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