Good read. "Diamond" sounds like it could have been used for part of the storyline for the Yellowstone series. Wondering if wilderness isn't those parts of the landscape that Native Americans weren't able to manage with fire (or what resulted when Native Americans were killed off and were no longer managing the landscape with fire, especially in the Eastern U.S.).
Thanks David! To me, fire is just one example of a tool that Indigenous people used to shape (trammel) landscapes, so its absence doesn't say much. What might say much: If the characters on the Yellowstone series used fire for murderous and/or ecological purposes! :)
Good read. "Diamond" sounds like it could have been used for part of the storyline for the Yellowstone series. Wondering if wilderness isn't those parts of the landscape that Native Americans weren't able to manage with fire (or what resulted when Native Americans were killed off and were no longer managing the landscape with fire, especially in the Eastern U.S.).
Thanks David! To me, fire is just one example of a tool that Indigenous people used to shape (trammel) landscapes, so its absence doesn't say much. What might say much: If the characters on the Yellowstone series used fire for murderous and/or ecological purposes! :)