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Jan 29, 2009 15:22

Am annoyed at the spectacular level of hippy-dippiness in my California Indians class, despite having entered into said class expecting some hippy-dippiness. Just not quite so much of it. It is an anthropology class, and a lot of my classmates claimed to be anthro majors. I wonder if they understand that anthropologists are scientists, and as such ( Read more... )

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raybrandle January 30 2009, 01:46:42 UTC
You may want to do a bit of research on the Buffalo Jumping hunting method some of those "in harmony" Natives used. You know, the one were dozens of Buffalo would be killed by being run off of a cliff?

You can also try addressing the whole "used all the buffalo" myth, which is certainly not true. Starving indians, maybe, but if their culture is anything like other hunter/gatherer cultures, they were just as wasteful in times of plenty.

If you're gonna order the shirt, do so soon as they are closing down on Feb. 10th.

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