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Sky Jewels

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11. Wait, what?

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Wed Oct 11, 2023, 09:02 PM

Oct 2023

I'm honestly curious why you singled out the Quinnipiac tribe. Were they the first people established in North America or something? I feel like I'm missing something connected to the specificity of your statement.

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Unless you're a descendant of the Quinnipiac tribe you likely are living on appropriated land. [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2023 OP

Connecticut? Really? I live on what used to be Chumash land. Hekate Oct 2023 #1

how far back shall we go on owner ship. hmmm nt msongs Oct 2023 #2

Only as far back as convenient to make the point lol... WarGamer Oct 2023 #4

Well, we know the Chumash were on the Central Coast at least 10,000 years until the Spaniards came Hekate Oct 2023 #5

Every centimeter of the planet had someone come before someone else. WarGamer Oct 2023 #3

So true. And there were undoubtedly turf battles between Sky Jewels Oct 2023 #12

And if you're a descendant of the Quinnipiac tribe, you also are likely living on appropriated land. Dr. Strange Oct 2023 #6

They came from Siberia but were people already living there? DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2023 #8

I'm living on land of the Swinomish tribe in the state of Washington FightingIrish Oct 2023 #7

That's not my understanding of New Havens history. Tomconroy Oct 2023 #9

Wow. I had no idea they were originally all over this PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2023 #10

Wait, what? Sky Jewels Oct 2023 #11

A number of tribes took lots of land from others. Ask the former enemies of the Lakota. Wonder Why Oct 2023 #13

Yup. Every single American who isn't Indian is a European colonizer Marius25 Oct 2023 #14