⟳ Репост от Rafael Baal
Their near-extinction was a result of the combined forces of colonial expansion, Indigenous genocide & the worst excesses of capitalism into a perfect storm, a turducken of American vices. Their restoration & protection should be a mandate of history, but also a move to restore native ecology.
c0nc0rdanceThis is an 1892 photograph of the pile of bison skulls stacked outside of the Rougeville Glueworks in Michigan. It's just really hard to process how many skulls he's standing on. In the 19th century, the American bison population went from 50 million to around 500 individuals ...