Episode 2964: David Silverman on the Tragic Fate of Native Americans https://keenon.substack.com/p/was-the-colonization-of-north-america?utm_source=youtube
βWhite Americans considered themselves chosen by God to possess the continent and lord it over others β and they saw Native people as indelibly savage and fated by God to extinction.β β David J. Silverman Was the colonization of North America a genocidal project? That is the delicate question Davidβ¦
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