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SweetFreedom Posted 12 years ago
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The term "Indian massacre" ?
The context seems to say that the term "Indian massacre" can mean two opposite meanings:
(1) It could refer to "Indians kill European people (or other)".
(2) It could refer to "European people kill Indians".
Am I on the right track?
Background info:
In the history of the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_colonization_of_the_Americas, the term "Indian massacre" was often used to describe either mass killings of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European-American by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States of the North American continent (Indians) or mass killings of indigenous people perpetrated by the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European-American and/or other http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States.
MOre:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_massacre
(1) It could refer to "Indians kill European people (or other)".
(2) It could refer to "European people kill Indians".
Am I on the right track?
Background info:
In the history of the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_colonization_of_the_Americas, the term "Indian massacre" was often used to describe either mass killings of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European-American by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States of the North American continent (Indians) or mass killings of indigenous people perpetrated by the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European-American and/or other http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States.
MOre:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_massacre
Top answer
Am I on the right track? Partly. The article refers to 'people of European descent', not 'Europeans'.
- Am I on the right track?
- Partly.
- The article refers to 'people of European descent', not 'Europeans'.
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SweetFreedomThe context seems to say that the term "Indian massacre" can mean two opposite meanings:(1) It could refer to "Indians kill European people (or other)".(2) It could refer to "European people kill Indians".Am I on the right track?Partly. The article refers to 'people of European descent', not 'Europeans'.
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