FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY ORIGINS OF EARLY PEOPLE IN THE AMERICAS
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shared by everyone
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owned by who got their first
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owned by the most mighty
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shared only if you were Native American
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Detailed explanation-1: -Native Americans, did not appreciate the notion of land as a commodity, especially not in terms of individual ownership. As a result, Indian groups would sell land, but in their minds had only sold the rights to use the lands.
Detailed explanation-2: -There’s a myth that Europeans arrived in the Americas and divided the land up, mystifying Native Americans who had no concept of property rights. In reality, historian Allen Greer writes, various American societies had highly-developed systems of property ownership and use.
Detailed explanation-3: -Native Americans did not believe that land could be owned. They felt the land was there for people to use, but that they did not have right to claim it as their own.
Detailed explanation-4: -Native Americans believed that the land was shared by everyone and not one person could own it while the European Americans believed land should be owned and and divided up for individual use.