Whats worse, Black calling Native people stone age, or the reviewer listing accomplishments as snowshoes and kayaks?http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/book-reviews/conrad-blacks-rise-to-greatness-is-an-ambitious-if-flawed-chronicle-of-our-country/article21590196/?page=all …
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Replying to @Hayden_King
@Hayden_King But snowshoes & kayaks not cited simple as artifacts but as adaption tools: i.e. Native peoples had evolving cutlures.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Hayden_King
@Hayden_King Adapting to environment is more than a minimal achievement. Throughout history lots of non-Natives have failed to do that.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @HeerJeet
@HeerJeet + indigenous ppls played key role in shaping Canadian hist up to the present - yet usually conveniently ignored@Hayden_King1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Ian_Mosby
@Ian_Mosby@Hayden_King I agree with that. And the point of Globe review was Black ignores anyone who isn't an elite white male.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @HeerJeet
@HeerJeet@Hayden_King sure, but review continues trope that indigenous ppls disappear from history after contact by examples it chooses3 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @Ian_Mosby
@Ian_Mosby Indeed. Like saying Europe's great achievement was crop rotation and Roman Roads.@HeerJeet@Hayden_King2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @danrueck
@danrueck Using the example of ‘tools’ over social/political organization to describe culture is telling@Ian_Mosby@HeerJeet@Hayden_King2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
@TomFortington @danrueck @Ian_Mosby @Hayden_King Well, "stone-age" anthropological terminology is all about tools
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