On Fri, Jun 01, 2007 at 06:16:46AM -0500, Klein Moebius wrote: > * Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-05-31 21:58:47 -0400]: > > > > In fact, at the time of the naming (1776), there were no other recognized > > "states" in the Americas. Just colonies. > > I think Hopi, Navajo, Pueblo, Apache, Kiowa, Nez Perce, Sioux, > Blackfoot, and a host of other peoples I've failed to mention here would > take issue with that statement.
Why? They were not states, or at least not nation-states. The Aztecs and Incas had nation-states. The Maya and other Mesoamerican peoples had city-states. By 1776 they had been crushed. In that time period, the North American Indians were not organized into nation-states (although apparently peoples like the Mound Builders had been in the past). -- Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] Read my blog at nitpickingblog.blogspot.com. Reviews! Observations! Stupid mistakes you can correct! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
