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       Re: Post #6: Cronon's Changes in the Land
   DIR By: Annaliese
       Date: February 20, 2019, 8:40 pm
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       To answer Sam’s question:
       I think it does matter that the natives and the English viewed
       land in two different ways because it meant that the way they
       used the land and who owned the land was different. Their
       difference in view shows up in the names in particular and I
       think this is important to consider. I think that the English
       looked down upon the natives because the natives viewed land as
       a tool for fishing, hunting, or gathering and named it after its
       resources. This only added to their idea that the natives were
       “a part of nature” (connecting to what we talked about in class
       today).
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       Re: Post #6: Cronon's Changes in the Land
   DIR By: yzhu2020
       Date: February 20, 2019, 9:03 pm
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       I am answering Ahmed's question (I was already writing this post
       so I am just going to continue writing this post):
       Speaking nowadays uncultivated land does seem like a waste of
       resources because there is all those resources that humans (may)
       need/use.
       a) if the land is unpopulated, then a good option is to
       cultivate and efficiently use the resources offered in that
       land. Since the world is never full with scarce resources, it is
       important to get more resources. Another method would be to
       build it as somewhat of national park, etc. However, it mainly
       depends on the land and the animals living on it to decide how
       the land should be cultivated. During the times of colonies,
       however, the colonists will definitely cultivate the land as
       their approach to modernization.
       b) Nowadays if there was land populated, we would probably leave
       the land to those people or communicate with them about the land
       as respect for the people as well as the property. The
       communication part also involves legal aspects as to whether or
       not those people have lawful right. However, back in the days
       the colonist would most likely fight, as we have seen on
       history, or sometimes communicate if they think those people are
       "civilized".
       My question is: Does Indian poverty have any effect on ownership
       of land?
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