The Truth About Columbus’s First Contact: Ep 10 of Crash Course Native American History
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Date: 2025-08-02
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crash_course
I'd kinda like the contact between Polynesians and Native (North American and South American) peoples went too, as maybe a contrast point to the white v. PoC narrative. Though I get the archaeology is thin on this point. Sometimes there is too much focus on white people. What I think is super cool is that Polynesians beat the pants off of any first Europeans to the Americas and it resulted in a cool trade establishment and some intermarriage (according to current Archaeology. Such that Polynesians now have many Central and South American crops, like Sweet Potatoes.
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I'd kinda like the contact between Polynesians and Native (North American and South American) peoples went too, as maybe a contrast point to the white v. PoC narrative. Though I get the archaeology is thin on this point. Sometimes there is too much focus on white people. What I think is super cool is that Polynesians beat the pants off of any first Europeans to the Americas and it resulted in a cool trade establishment and some intermarriage (according to current Archaeology. Such that Polynesians now have many Central and South American crops, like Sweet Potatoes.
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StephySon
The people of the Caribbean will never forget the ancestors and we will never again let the Taino peoples be targeted. Ayiti, Boriken, Xamayca, etc so many Puerto Ricans, Dominicans and Cubans and even Bahamians and Haitians (like myself) know of the stories past down, and our history. From Anacanoa in what’s today Haiti to Hagutey in Boriken. Love to all the native peoples and their children in the Caribbean
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The people of the Caribbean will never forget the ancestors and we will never again let the Taino peoples be targeted. Ayiti, Boriken, Xamayca, etc so many Puerto Ricans, Dominicans and Cubans and even Bahamians and Haitians (like myself) know of the stories past down, and our history. From Anacanoa in what’s today Haiti to Hagutey in Boriken. Love to all the native peoples and their children in the Caribbean
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crash_course
The map of the silk road is incorrect, but then I'm being a picky hyperfocused fan of the Silk road. (There was also a route that connected India to China and also a Southern sea route that connects Tamil, etc to China and Korea. These created tensions between Baekje and mostly Southern China) But then I've been enjoying this series so far.
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The map of the silk road is incorrect, but then I'm being a picky hyperfocused fan of the Silk road. (There was also a route that connected India to China and also a Southern sea route that connects Tamil, etc to China and Korea. These created tensions between Baekje and mostly Southern China) But then I've been enjoying this series so far.
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ANinjasEerierEnemy
Thank you for highlighting the history surrounding the CA gold discovery. Do you have a bibliography for further reading on the subject The Shingle Springs band of Miwok Indians have been buying back their ancestral lands near the Sacramento River and that is super interesting. Another great video! Thank you!
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Thank you for highlighting the history surrounding the CA gold discovery. Do you have a bibliography for further reading on the subject The Shingle Springs band of Miwok Indians have been buying back their ancestral lands near the Sacramento River and that is super interesting. Another great video! Thank you!
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MrBattlecharge
3: 00 there is also some evidence to suggest that Mansa Musa of the Mali sent ships that made it to the new world as well. DNA, cultural likeness, language loans and even body similarities all suggest that the Mali made it to the new world before the Spanish did.
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3: 00 there is also some evidence to suggest that Mansa Musa of the Mali sent ships that made it to the new world as well. DNA, cultural likeness, language loans and even body similarities all suggest that the Mali made it to the new world before the Spanish did.
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TheRomane54
Thanks again for the series! It broke some misconception I had, it's easy to follow even for people knowing nothing on the matter, and it helps to grasp a little bit on what is the reality of native american history
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Thanks again for the series! It broke some misconception I had, it's easy to follow even for people knowing nothing on the matter, and it helps to grasp a little bit on what is the reality of native american history
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crash_course
Thank you so much for this series! I have been looking for ways to round out my education and I am grateful to have found this series and a few others. I appreciate you helping me to decolonize my brain.
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Thank you so much for this series! I have been looking for ways to round out my education and I am grateful to have found this series and a few others. I appreciate you helping me to decolonize my brain.
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crash_course
Thank you for this CC. Soy Boricua and I cried deep mournful tears in this episode. Thank you for sharing our history, our truth and our power.
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Thank you for this CC. Soy Boricua and I cried deep mournful tears in this episode. Thank you for sharing our history, our truth and our power.
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QuasarSniffer
10: 05 That is a heavy sigh that sums up. quite a bit. Ooph. Thank you for speaking so frankly and honestly on this very difficult topic.
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10: 05 That is a heavy sigh that sums up. quite a bit. Ooph. Thank you for speaking so frankly and honestly on this very difficult topic.
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Top10Globally1
Crash Course really highlights how first contact’ was more about exploitation than exploration. Grateful for this deeper context.
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Crash Course really highlights how first contact’ was more about exploitation than exploration. Grateful for this deeper context.
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tzaidi2349
So excited for this! Especially looking forward to the part where Columbus serves everyone Turkey dinner with stuffing and taters.
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So excited for this! Especially looking forward to the part where Columbus serves everyone Turkey dinner with stuffing and taters.
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0o0ification
That Studiopolis bit reminded me of the amazing Eddie Izzard stand-up poking fun at colonizers ah yes, but do you have a flag
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That Studiopolis bit reminded me of the amazing Eddie Izzard stand-up poking fun at colonizers ah yes, but do you have a flag
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