tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17629790.post2190283224235186685..comments2024-03-26T07:26:50.470-06:00Comments on twin city sidewalks: The Revenant Rabbithole and Minnesota's Missing HistoryBill Lindekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11373780012930618768noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17629790.post-59190936451939923362016-06-13T10:22:46.994-06:002016-06-13T10:22:46.994-06:00Very interesting. Thanks so much.
Now as I reflec...Very interesting. Thanks so much.<br /><br />Now as I reflect one what you have discovered, it occurs to me that in o really U.S. history we get very little anywhere bout the time between first European settlers and almost complete conquest by European nations and later the westward expanding independent U.S.<br /><br />Even where I think of the contact and interactions between the two (European descendents and first peoples) was minimal and then sudden - say in 1840s gold rush areas, truth is Russians and Spaniards and later Mexicans had be settling, trading interacting for generations.<br /><br />The 100-150 years of mixed contact, partial settlement in most areas of expanding U.S. prior to first people being forcibly settled on reservations, often involving other nations than Britain and U.S (French, Dutch, Spanish,Mexican etc) seem particularly ignored.<br /><br />Our cultural history is: native people lived here, then white people were tourists and mapped area, then 100 -150 years later white people showed up on one huge mass, fought some battles, or more honestly, committed genocide and stole land, and it was done.<br /><br />There were 3-6 generations in between first real contacts and formal U.S. state being established and whit people tlaing control. There was a lot of contact, trading, mixing, cultural influences over those generations living in these transitioning areas.<br /><br />We forget that 100 years of contact and several generations lived between the time colonists on east coast were throughly settling and U.S revolution in that area. That between time was no doubt important influence on politics and culture of the colonist. They loved, worked, traded and fought with first peoples for generations.<br /><br />Thanks for making me consider this.<br /><br />I'm guessing the best source for these between times is native Americans oral history - it has proven over and again to be quite accurate.<br />karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02719883459202091072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17629790.post-15005359306354939432016-06-11T09:12:32.767-06:002016-06-11T09:12:32.767-06:00This blog continues to deliver, for me.
Also, The ...This blog continues to deliver, for me.<br />Also, The Revenant is probably worth watching just for Tom Hardy's excellent performance and beautiful scenery.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17629790.post-78376178383936953832016-06-07T13:09:40.349-06:002016-06-07T13:09:40.349-06:00There's so much in that rabbit hole that I sho...There's so much in that rabbit hole that I should learn.<br /><br />In the meantime, if you want to approach the Revenant from a less meritorious perspective, comedians Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynold did the story of Hugh Glass on their podcast, The Dollop: http://thedollop.libsyn.com/dollop-x-hugh-glassAdamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00848821084269314215noreply@blogger.com