Most indigenous populations in the US that were wiped out were wiped out by diseases like smallpox. There were not enough settlers to kill off the native population even if they wanted to.
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Originally posted by [Labret]
gen·o·cide Pronunciation Key (jn-sd)
n.
The systematic and planned extermination of an entire national, racial, political, or ethnic group
I dont know about you, but we still have a bunch of Natives... and its not legal to hunt them anymore.
If it was a "genocide" there would be NONE left.
Like the Canaanites.
Try again.
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