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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) 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.
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) Most Americans know Native Americans endured atrocities after the arrival of European settlers: wars, disease, stolen land. But it’s far uglier than that. Members of the Penobscot Nation in Maine have produced an educational film addressing how European settlers scalped killed Indigenous people during the British colonial era, spurred for decades by cash bounties and with the government’s blessing.