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200 points

fun fact.

The US army gave people ammunition for free if it was used to kill bison for a period of time.

Bison almost went extinct.

Bison were a source of food for the natives.

I love american history!

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-49 points

Correlation, causation, too many big words.

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8 points

Which word was to big for you?

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4 points

“The”

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29 points

Killing off the Buffalo, which was a source of food, clothing and other vital cultural resources for many indigenous cultures, was an official government policy to destroy those cultures. Couple more words; ecocide, genocide.

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The official reason was the Bison herds were capable of destroying the fields of entire farms. We never stopped to ask if we should have been farming there in the first place.

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6 points

were bison known for like, destroying fences or something? Or did we just not think of building fences lmao.

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7 points

Farmers don’t usually fence in their fields. You’re thinking of live stock farming.

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I think they did stop to ask, and the answer they gave themselves was “yes”.

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4 points

Certainly at every step of the way since we keep answering yes, despite all evidence to the contrary.

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67 points

Every 50 bison they killed they celebrated a bisontennial.

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1 point

this is awfull (of bones)

i tried, i’m not sorry

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1 point

You’re offal

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16 points

Bye son

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7 points

Boooo!

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Boocentennial?

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