Most Americans know about atrocities endured by Native Americans after the arrival of European settlers: wars, disease, stolen land. But they aren’t always taught the extent of the indiscriminate killings. Members of the Penobscot Nation in Maine have produced an educational film addressing how European settlers scalped killed Indigenous people during the British…
In a new film, “Bounty,” members of the Penobscot Nation in Maine present the difficult history of government-endorsed scalping of Indigenous people. They say the movie is not meant to place blame but to tell an accurate story that guides the country forward.
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