Native America before European Colonization (documentary)

[yuiyoshida]

[unionthug777]

1. i believe

when i die. i will go to such a place.....back to where we were "uncivilized". to hunt deer and spear fish...sigh.....

[Ace Acme]

2. You can't hunt deer and spear fish today? nt

[unionthug777]

3. well...yeah..........

[Half-Century Man]

4. Bowing my head in respect.

Yuiyoshida, you do have a knack for finding very interesting documentaries.

[yuiyoshida]

6. I love documentaries...

I found one on German Submarines during World War II, and may post it. I did not realize how close the USA came to losing the war to German Subs. Fascinating stuffs!

[avebury]

10. That sounds really interesting. I hope that

you post that one!

[yuiyoshida]

11. Its posted...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017158413

[TeeYiYi]

5. Fascinating documentary!...

Far more interesting than I even expected. Thank you so much for this one.

TYY

[iamthebandfanman]

7. neat documentary but..

I see they are still spreading the lie that Columbus 'discovered America' (unless they mean on a personal level for himself , lol... everyone knows now that the Vikings were first...) :p

[packman]

8. And this is what the Native Americans should have done-

Actually, they may have since the Vikings never really got a foothold in the Americas.

[FailureToCommunicate]

9. Pretty sure they did. There are accounts of resistance to Viking settlements by

"Skrælings" as the Vikings (the "Kavdlunait&quot called them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skræling

[Cal3bg]

12. ... not necessarily

Not everyone "knows" that the Vikings were first (other than the indigenous peoples of course). There is evidence to suggest that possibly everyone from the Ancient Egyptians to the Ancient Phoenicians to the Vikings traveled to the New World or made some form of contact centuries ahead of Columbus’s expeditions.

From Christopher Columbus: father of modern-day white supremacy:

For the greatest and most detailed examination of the evidence of claims for pre-Columbus travel to America see the late Dr. Ivan Van Sertima’s monumental 1976 publication, They Came Before Columbus: the African Presence in Ancient America. The most fascinating of all the claims presented for pre-Columbian contact between the ‘New World’ and the Old is that surrounding an expedition taken on behalf of the Great Malian Empire during the early 14th century. Mali’s mighty emperor King Abubakari II accompanied by a large royal entourage set sail in search of the New World in 1311. That this expedition took place is undisputed fact. What remains a source of controversy, however, is whether or not they ever reached the shores of the Americas.

[AnneD]

13. It has always fascinated me that...

the re introduction of horses gave rise to the Indian Horse culture and the Plains War.