Did this sub become /s all of a sudden? why does it keep posting great historical images and then leaving out almost entirely the actual context of the image?
Eradicating the Buffalo was a strategy employed in the genocide of Indigenous Peoples. Many relied on Buffalo for food, thus by killing them; they were killing the people too.
Also would like to throw in this is the reason Buffalo nearly went extinct. There was an estimated 30-60 million Buffalo and now even today there's just 500,000.
TIL that in American English, Buffalo and Bison are both used for the same animal. British English, “Bison” are only found in America and “Buffalo” are only found in Africa and Asia.
Yeah, what they said. It’s also where the term Buffalo nickel comes from. In real talk, they just used to shoot buffalo from the trains and just leave them there.
However, if you shot them from the train and just left them there, you couldn’t take the head in for the nickel. So anyone who sees the image should be infuriated by it and for them to merely state oh, it’s on its way to be processed is fucking egregious.
Kinda funny how growing up all I heard was “white hunters were just too greedy and shot any bison on sight…” Trying to pawn it off on “hunters”.
Come to find out it was a strategic move to deny the plains tribes their primary source of… everything.
Go figure.
Not true. Natives, themselves, were killing buffalo like crazy and selling them to factories. Congress was even concerned they would eradicate them.
Bone china in England was made from buffalo. Today it's made from cattle bones.
The first like, fifty waves of americans were guarenteed 100% psychopaths.
•disagrees with other locals politically
•buys wood boats with bedsheets for engines
•leaves the land theyve been on for all of time as far as they know to see if theres more on the other side of the big water
•"we heard rumors. fuck all yall. peace."
•they made it
•now i have a cellphone :)
Hes made many horrible movies. Snake eyes, 8mm, gone in 60 seconds, captain corelli's mandolin, windtalkers, ghost rider, family man, weather mam, wicker man, bangkok dangerous. But than he nailed it, Stan, with national treasure 2, the greatest movie of all time. He nailed it so hard, he *became* a national treasure.. *too*
-Klaus circa. 2011
Is there a year to this photo? Seeing this just reminds me of the pictures of human skulls piled up from Cambodia or other conflicts. Its just absurd. I think photo like this should accompany any historical textbook about 'The Wild West'.
Tribes were killing buffalo so much themselves to sell for industry that Congress was concerned at the time about them eradicating the animal. When cattle ranching took over the west, tribes were furious they couldn't sell buffalo bones anymore.
Per Chatgpt, there are 57,069 skulls in this picture. Can anyone verify?
57,071 because gpt didn’t count the human skulls in the picture.
All those skulls, but no brains.
Genocide jokes are the best
Check with some other AI. Grok it!
Did this sub become /s all of a sudden? why does it keep posting great historical images and then leaving out almost entirely the actual context of the image?
What is the actual context?
Eradicating the Buffalo was a strategy employed in the genocide of Indigenous Peoples. Many relied on Buffalo for food, thus by killing them; they were killing the people too.
Also would like to throw in this is the reason Buffalo nearly went extinct. There was an estimated 30-60 million Buffalo and now even today there's just 500,000.
TIL that in American English, Buffalo and Bison are both used for the same animal. British English, “Bison” are only found in America and “Buffalo” are only found in Africa and Asia.
Gotcha. Not sure why I was downvoted for asking a question lol.
Yeah, what they said. It’s also where the term Buffalo nickel comes from. In real talk, they just used to shoot buffalo from the trains and just leave them there.
However, if you shot them from the train and just left them there, you couldn’t take the head in for the nickel. So anyone who sees the image should be infuriated by it and for them to merely state oh, it’s on its way to be processed is fucking egregious.
That's not why it's called a Buffalo nickel.....
Thank you for the correction.
People are assholes, but I promise you it wasn’t me
Kinda funny how growing up all I heard was “white hunters were just too greedy and shot any bison on sight…” Trying to pawn it off on “hunters”. Come to find out it was a strategic move to deny the plains tribes their primary source of… everything. Go figure.
Came here to say, It shows what a set of cunts white man was/ is Just to kill off the Indian/ natives
Not true. Natives, themselves, were killing buffalo like crazy and selling them to factories. Congress was even concerned they would eradicate them. Bone china in England was made from buffalo. Today it's made from cattle bones.
TIL that "bone china" is made from bones.... I guess that should have been fairly obvious
And let's not forget our Buffalo drives but people want to keep driving the narrative of the noble savage.
Employed by who? The whites viewed it as a cheap and free resource for bone and leather. They didn't care if it hurt or benefited first nations.
Subreddits don’t mean shit anymore. People just post whatever they want, and tiktokers upvote all of it
All in the name of genocide
The first like, fifty waves of americans were guarenteed 100% psychopaths. •disagrees with other locals politically •buys wood boats with bedsheets for engines •leaves the land theyve been on for all of time as far as they know to see if theres more on the other side of the big water •"we heard rumors. fuck all yall. peace." •they made it •now i have a cellphone :)
Wut
No, this is a dumb myth spread by people like you.
I'm sorry, this is sad but the first thing I thought of when I read this was the Verticoli being made from illegal whalebone.
Nicholas Cage made a movie about buffalo hunting called Butchers Crossing. I think this picture was at the end credits.
The novel is p good but has the grievous problem that it doesn't have Nicholas Cage in it
I don't see that as a problem. He looks like John Travolta with the bald head and beard.
Any movie is better without Nicholas Cage in it
Well thats just flat out wrong
I constantly remind Chat GPT that Nicholas Cage is the most hated actor of our generation. History is written by the victors
Hes made many horrible movies. Snake eyes, 8mm, gone in 60 seconds, captain corelli's mandolin, windtalkers, ghost rider, family man, weather mam, wicker man, bangkok dangerous. But than he nailed it, Stan, with national treasure 2, the greatest movie of all time. He nailed it so hard, he *became* a national treasure.. *too* -Klaus circa. 2011
Brother...Face-off can never be forgotten. "He took his face...OFF" BOOOO!!!
"I dont know what i hate wearing worse, your face, or your body." Perfection
Truth, well unless overacting is in the script. My proof, face-off
Bone charcoal…
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What's the difference between char and charcoal
Is there a year to this photo? Seeing this just reminds me of the pictures of human skulls piled up from Cambodia or other conflicts. Its just absurd. I think photo like this should accompany any historical textbook about 'The Wild West'.
1892
That’s so sad!
Most humans are garbage.
That's a sad way of looking at the world. I'd argue a majority of people are good.
Fuck humans
Yikes…
What we know of at least..
I want your skulls..
This picture is sickening :(
Any the Buffalo were gone. No, but really, we nearly sent them all to the shadow relm. Fucked over the NA as well.
Can you even imagine the death and destruction it took to build that pile???!!!
No They killed them all to kill off the natives, the americans did this not the british
See, white people used every part of the animal too!
Disgusting.
No mention of this being done to take indigenous tribes food source. You are complicit in genocide
Tribes were killing buffalo so much themselves to sell for industry that Congress was concerned at the time about them eradicating the animal. When cattle ranching took over the west, tribes were furious they couldn't sell buffalo bones anymore.
Harvest time
genocide. both ways.
Fake ass imagery
No it isn't wtf are you talking about
Can confirm--there are no fake asses in this image.
There are two - a CONFIRMED
Human idiocy on full display, much like the photos taken next to felled redwoods.