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Why is the population of natives in the USA so low compared to other ethnic groups? The native population is 1.3% (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

Even if the diseases brought by the colonizers were spread unintentionally which they werent it was all intentional. They spread it intentionally.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I'm surprised nobody has brought up the smallpox blankets yet when talking about the disease...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

There's just too much to remember.

Hell, I just now remembered the forced sterilization campaigns...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

There's still coercive sterilization being done too. Doctors on reservations are quick to pitch sterilizing procedures for women for issues that can be resolved in other ways.