Why Did Indians Scalp People?
Beginning in the Stone Age and up through the early 20th century, there have been tribes of head-hunters in different parts of the world.
These people believed that a man's soul was located in his head, and by capturing the heads of their enemies, they would benefit their own people, increase their cattle, and improve their crops.
While head-hunting was most widely practiced in Africa, it was also common in India, in the Middle East, and in South America. The Indians of South America not only hunted heads, but shrunk them as well to use as trophies.
The Indians of North America carried on this practice, but in a slightly different way. They only took an enemy's scalp, believing that his soul was located in his hair. These scalps were hung on the warrior's belt or tomahawk.
Some settlers actually encouraged scalping, by paying the Indians for scalps as souvenirs!
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why indians scalped whites!
the native americans did not scalp people because it was embarassing to the white it came from. My people skinned the whites because of what they did to us. My personal opinion those white bastards got what they deserve and they still deserve it today. By the way we are not indians we are not from india. we are native americans and we are from the great plains that should still be ours today.
native american
my name is bob conley and i lived on the schurz indian reservation in nevada on the walker river. i was not too welcome at first
, but eventually i became friends with a couple of paiutes named vernon bobb , roland quartz, bob johnson and wolfie collins who i feel today were the best friends i ever had. i wasn't too concerned about native americans at first, but when i saw what they went through off the res., i finally understood why there attitude is what it is. we, yes we have emasculated them to the point that booze and drugs are doing what the cavalry couldnt. after all thier plight, how they can still be the most spiritual people i,ve seen, is amazing.
i know that if they hadn't been so outnumbered and infected with disease, they would still have thier lands.
may the great spirit bless them all.
No
Us "whites" do not deserve to be scalped, why would we still deserve to be tortured when this all happened 250 years. i have many Native, black, hispanic, asian etc. friends. you are a racist if you feel inferior towards other races.the people today can not control what happened well before our time
Continuing Hate.
Why should people still suffer today for something that was done before "us"? I've never harmed someone for the way they looked, what religion they practiced, ect... so why should I have to pay for the acts of long dead misguided people? History should remain in the past. Traditions and cultures are different, so don't think I'm saying not to try and remember your ancestors. I just feel that racism, sexism, and so on should be put to rest. People need to evolve from being afraid of people that are different and having uneducated thoughts.
i agree with you
i agree with you. I'm no "Indian" nor am I a "Navajo" I am a Díné which means "The People". We were here first, so why don't we have a hoilday!!!! We would rather have a day fo a guy who killed innocent people.
Holidays
Native Americans should have a holiday... Even the major tribes should have a specific day to have the world/ country celebrate
Indians
I think that the Indians scalped people because it was embarassing to the person of which the scalp came from. They belived that after you died you had to tell the big man why you were there. You would have to face him and tell him what you were doing. Some might show up there with only half a head of hair. That is also the reason why they would shoot hundreds of arrows into men also.
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