History of the United States I / Unit 11 USH1 1557 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Native Peoples in the Gold Fields
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The idea
Observers reported miners forcing Native Americans to work their claims, driving them off their lands, stealing from them and murdering them.
In practice
A systemic campaign of extermination, in the anchor's own phrase.
Where people slip
The anchor records that some scholars view the resulting loss of life as a clear example of genocide in the United States.
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