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2024-06-12 02:07:42 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: CBE26B1724F958120D450E9F434B250FF64A8A1011C1B0BDF58AAD18F8351BE7
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There may be other explanations concerning the killing of the Buffalo in the late 1800's, but the statement by @Lakotaman1 that the US Government did it to harm Native Americans is supported by many articles written on the subject. https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2016/05/the-buffalo-killers/482349/ https://www.pbs.org/buffalowar/buffalo.html#:~:text=To%20make%20matters%20worse%20for,an%20important%20source%20of%20food. https://blog.nativehope.org/how-the-destruction-of-the-buffalo-impacted-native-americans https://www.vox.com/2021/8/2/22605868/us-army-exterminate-bison-buffalo
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