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'''Native Americans''' (also called the '''First Nations''') are the indigenous peoples of the [[America|Americas]]. In the [[medieval |
'''Native Americans''' (also called the '''First Nations''') are the indigenous peoples of the [[America|Americas]]. In the [[medieval]] period, these nations had flourishing [[neolithic]] cultures, but almost no contact with the [[Europe|European]] peoples. |
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The [[Norse]] first encountered Native Americans in [[Vinland]] (modern-day [[Newfoundland]] and apparently came into conflict with the [[Beothuk]] nation, forcing a Viking withdrawal from the distant land. |
The [[Norse]] first encountered Native Americans in [[Vinland]] (modern-day [[Newfoundland]] and apparently came into conflict with the [[Beothuk]] nation, forcing a Viking withdrawal from the distant land. |
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== First Nations in the SCA == |
== First Nations in the SCA == |
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While there are many people of First Nations ancestry in the [[SCA]], First Nations [[personas]] are not generally considered [[period]]. |
While there are many people of First Nations ancestry in the [[SCA]], First Nations [[persona|personas]] are not generally considered [[period]]. |
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Revision as of 22:43, 11 October 2005
Native Americans (also called the First Nations) are the indigenous peoples of the Americas. In the medieval period, these nations had flourishing neolithic cultures, but almost no contact with the European peoples.
The Norse first encountered Native Americans in Vinland (modern-day Newfoundland and apparently came into conflict with the Beothuk nation, forcing a Viking withdrawal from the distant land.
The next European contact with Native Americans occured in the Caribbean in 1492 when Christopher Columbus "discovered" the New World. The pattern that Columbus set, of rape, enslavement and disease would unforuntately by continued for centuries by the invading Europeans.
First Nations in the SCA
While there are many people of First Nations ancestry in the SCA, First Nations personas are not generally considered period.
