• cddlhssy@sh.itjust.works
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    9 hours ago

    Settlers killed buffalo to force indigenous people into the reservation system. It was a big part of the genocide here, worth looking into if you get the chance.

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      7 hours ago

      This is a buffalo:

      They are not the same animal as American bison, which are also not European bison for that matter.

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        7 hours ago

        Isn’t that a water buffalo? Not the same animal as the American Bison (commonly known as the American Buffalo.) I think once they have a 200 year old city named for them, you just have to accept that that’s what they’re called.

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          7 hours ago

          Isn’t that a water buffalo?

          or as you woul call it a water bison…

          Also the city was not on land, which had American bison, so no it is not named after the animal.