pickVery interesting. The author discusses several features of Pre-Columbian societies, such as cultural practices, government structures, monumental architecture, writing, and agricultural practices. He also discusses theories behind when and how indigenous people arrived in America, potential population size before European arrival, and ideas as to why diseases brought by European explorers were so devastating to indigenous people. Worth reading.
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Tonight on The Americas, we got to see this octopus mate and her babies born. It wasn‘t long, but it was amazing! Highly recommend!!!
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pickA lot of things in here that I never learned in school.
Sooo disappointed by this book 😭 I loved 1491 so I was hoping to love this too, but despite all the extremely interesting historical research, he does not have the range to discuss globalization… like this book DRIPS with neoliberal ideology. To him, the terms of the debate are free trade or no trade (fair trade is not an option) so naturally the answer is free trade (that is, capitalism) because people gotta have their commodities, of course 😒
I read the whole thing b/c there was important & interesting information, but this author did not really have the range to write this book lol. She has a college freshman‘s analysis of concepts like race, class & nationalism, and she chooses to write from the perspective of empires and states instead of a “people‘s history”… plus the chapter naming convention barely makes sense 😒 Ambitious but ultimately pretty superficial.
Doing a segment on Dad Bios/Dad History. Wondering if any of these count?
Last 2023 #bookspin, heavy on #TheAmericas
1. We Measure the Earth with our Bodies
2. Olga Dies
3. A Million Aunties
4. Run Towards
5. Bad Girls
6. Never so Bad
7. How The Garcia Girls
8. The Savage Detectives
9. Magdalena
10. Fresh Banana Leaves
11. A Small Place
12. I am a taxi
13. Love and Drowning
14. H is for Hawk
15. Memory Police
16. Solito
17. Pure Colour
18. Wild Tongues Can‘t Be Tamed
19. Fruit of the Drunken Tree
20. Love after Love
Been meaning to read this for years...I'm just terrible.
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The one thing I usually frown about, is when a history suggests that the original people of the Americas came from somewhere.
I know science suggests otherwise. But I always believed that there were tribes, clans, etc. of people all over the world, and with time, these groups of people merged.
My people hold a firm belief that we came from no where. That we've here since time immemorial. 1mo
“one of which is considered the oldest solar observatory in the world.“
https://revistapesquisa.fapesp.br/en/anna-curtenius-roosevelt-the-rainforest-arc... 1mo
America denied indigenous Americans the right to claim this ancestor for years, until Danish Scientists stepped helped in to help.
Stanford Uni.
https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2015/06/kennewick-man-closely-related-to-...
Indian Country Today
https://ictnews.org/archive/army-corps-finally-agrees-the-ancient-one-is-native-...
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https://nativenewsonline.net/opinion/erasure-of-existence-is-just-incidental (edited) 1mo
I'm still learning about my own ancestry World. My mom raised me to know my roots. And so much more information is now, more easily, available...coming directly from our Native Country.
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I was absolutely fascinated by the debate this received. I truly believe scientists could “discover“ the proof needed to show that Indigenous have been upon the lands of the Americas since the beginning of time, and some would still state “Native Indigenous ARRIVED in the Americas before previously believed.“ Seriously crazy 🤗😂😉📚💫. (edited) 1mo