tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post2027461307738249398..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Columbus the cannibalRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-51359652184880188602010-11-10T20:02:33.848-08:002010-11-10T20:02:33.848-08:00Scott is referring to this book:
http://www.amazo...Scott is referring to this book:<br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/Man-Corn-Cannibalism-Prehistoric-Southwest/dp/087480566X<br /><br />I haven't read <i>Man Corn</i>, which sounds like a stupid title. I was referring to claims such as these:<br /><br />http://www.native-languages.org/iaq13.htm<br /><br />Q: Were Native Americans cannibals?<br /><br />A: Not for the most part, no, but there were some groups who were. The Aztecs were notorious for ritual cannibalism (warriors would eat a strip of flesh from enemies they had slain in combat). Some people dispute this, but the Aztecs' own written and oral histories seem to support it as the truth. The Karankawa tribe of southeast Texas was also said to practice ritual cannibalism on defeated enemies. There were a few Amazonian tribes who practiced funerary cannibalism (family and friends would eat part of a dead tribal member's body as a religious ceremony at the funeral). Finally, the Carib people of South America were said to kill and eat prisoners of war, though it's been pointed out that the Spaniards who made this claim were lining their own pockets by doing so (Queen Isabella had forbidden her subjects from selling Africans, or Indians, as slaves unless they were cannibals).Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-38341445636848565822010-10-15T17:50:53.881-07:002010-10-15T17:50:53.881-07:00I've never heard of Man Corn. But I have read ...I've never heard of Man Corn. But I have read old accounts of the Winnebago.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-80421909116654971252010-10-12T06:03:47.921-07:002010-10-12T06:03:47.921-07:00Which tribes were cannibals supposedly? I hope you...Which tribes were cannibals supposedly? I hope you don't believe in that absurd Man Corn book.Scottnoreply@blogger.com