tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post7261389543648141110..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Colorado rejects "genocide" labelRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-15244388456179323472013-03-13T06:08:31.976-07:002013-03-13T06:08:31.976-07:00Besides, the number is irrelevant. If Europeans t...Besides, the number is irrelevant. If Europeans tried to wipe out the Native population, it doesn't matter how many Indians there were. Genocide is genocide whether it's 100 or 100 million people.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-65762052868900499542013-03-13T06:07:00.594-07:002013-03-13T06:07:00.594-07:00You might want to familiarize yourself with the re...You might want to familiarize yourself with the research on the subject, Anonymous. Here, I'll do it for you:<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_history_of_indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas<br /><br />The population figure for Indigenous peoples in the Americas before the 1492 voyage of Christopher Columbus has proven difficult to establish and rely on archaeological data and written records from European settlers. Most scholars writing at the end of the 19th century estimated the pre-Columbian population at about 10 million; by the end of the 20th century the scholarly consensus had shifted to about 50 million, with some arguing for 100 million or more.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-3128043513012077132013-03-07T21:48:10.834-08:002013-03-07T21:48:10.834-08:00Bullshit. Those estimates are way off. Pre-Columbi...Bullshit. Those estimates are way off. Pre-Columbian native populations in what became the lower 48th never exceeded 2 million . No genocide.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com