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applegrove

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13. Thanks. I hope they are teaching this in school.

Reply to cbabe (Reply #12)

Sat Mar 8, 2025, 06:02 PM

Mar 2025

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At least the public school I was at in the 1970s showed a film of indigenous getting mowed down by settler guns. That always stuck with me. So will this.

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The Bay, Hudson's Bay Company, founded in 1670, [View all] applegrove Mar 2025 OP

Wow. /nt bucolic_frolic Mar 2025 #1

They have huge stone flagship stores in the downtown of most Canadian cities. applegrove Mar 2025 #2

Meanwhile, I read Simon's is doing well. bucolic_frolic Mar 2025 #8

The hedge funds like small and mid sized companies applegrove Mar 2025 #9

The Indigenous And The Hudson's Bay Company cbabe Mar 2025 #3

Maybe they can do something with that downtown real estate and applegrove Mar 2025 #4

That would be a good thing. I seem to remember that being part of negotiations. cbabe Mar 2025 #5

The Company with a very spotted but interesting history. rickyhall Mar 2025 #6

Everyone was awful back then. But the small pox blankets applegrove Mar 2025 #7

The historical records is: maybe. cbabe Mar 2025 #10

Thanks. That must be the account i read, the British in Pittsburg. applegrove Mar 2025 #11

1862 Pacific Northwest smallpox epidemic cbabe Mar 2025 #12

Thanks. I hope they are teaching this in school. applegrove Mar 2025 #13