Same, this is literally the first I’ve heard about the natives just “giving up and making way” for the Europeans. I recall being taught about the trail of tears and how we forced them off their land by any means necessary. Then again I grew up in a liberal city on the East Coast so my experiences probably aren’t universal.
I presume that might be a regional thing, because I was taught in 8th grade US history class about some of the atrocious things we did to the natives. And to a lesser extent about what my state did specifically in the history class for my specific state.
Soulcreator@programming.dev 4 days ago
Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
Trail of tears was assigned reading when I went to school. Granted quite a while ago.