Post AI8l9nlftxNRJscAW8 by zariuq@fedi.absturztau.be
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 (DIR) Post #AI7amupGIjOnqhmTZY by Andrii@we.1being.org
       2022-04-04T23:55:45.972926Z
       
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       A History of the Osage People by Louis F. BurnsMy rating: 5 of 5 starsExcellent in depth narrative chronological overview of the Osage people from 1600s till 2000s.Only improvements i can imagine is talking more about the religion and culture of the Osage, as the focus was mostly on political and economic aspects. But yeah what I liked is it seems the Osage are true inheritors of the Hopewell culture. It is clear that at least prehistorically they cultivated trees such as pawpaws, pecans, acorns and possibly pine nuts, though it seems to have been lost in favour of foraging after arrival of the white people.I have to say the description of the Osage crying for their enemy and avoiding alteracations when possible is a hopeful one. Seems much better than the Mandan/Hidatsu which revered killing and scalping. But yeah certainly Osage also did killing and scalping, and I am not sure how much spin the author added, as it certainly is biased towards the Osage as is reasonable.Anyhow, definitely worth archiving and using as part of basis for a north american history course for children and adults alike.In terms of takeaways I liked the hopewell/osage practice of adopting features of an incoming minority to help them feel better and increase the adaptive fitness of the host culture. Also I liked the part about having trails that follow streams on the lefthand side, seems very practical to be near source of water at all times, also hard to get lost. Especually as the Osage were a missipi basin culture, so they could travel far and wide along the feeder streams of the missispi and arways find their way back.Nowadays they mostly live in Oklahoma but yeah still, is a great story to go along with the osage orange trees i grow in my food forests.View all my reviews
       
 (DIR) Post #AI8l9nlftxNRJscAW8 by zariuq@fedi.absturztau.be
       2022-04-05T07:59:09.428891Z
       
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       @Andrii Interesting.  I can imagine being less incentivized to cultivate the land toward a distant horizon when aliens have arrived and introduce unpredictability :3: