In the coming days, a lot of you will be talking about the hideous exploitation of the indigenous peoples of what is now known as the Americas, and paying homage to their suffering while celebrating Thanksgiving. What you may not know is that veganism was a staple for a number of Native American tribes, especially among the Aztecs, Mayan, Choctaw and even Cherokee. In fact, the “buffalo-as-lifestyle” was a direct result of European influence. Prior to that, their clothing, housing, and diet was primarily comprised of what grew from the earth and on the trees. The Natives were master farmers and nearly half of all the plant foods grown in the world today were first cultivated by them, and were unknown elsewhere until the “discovery” of the Americas. Great video.
Posted on: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 19:41:59 +0000
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