{"id":12248,"date":"2023-11-23T16:40:01","date_gmt":"2023-11-23T16:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=12248"},"modified":"2023-11-23T16:40:01","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T16:40:01","slug":"russias-slaughter-of-indigenous-people-in-alaska-tells-us-something-important-about-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=12248","title":{"rendered":"Russia\u2019s Slaughter of Indigenous People in Alaska Tells Us Something Important About Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\n\n“it wasn\u2019t Russian sailors themselves who were clubbing or shooting each of these animals. The Aleutian Islands, and much of the southern rim of Alaska that Russian shipmen explored, already housed tens of thousands of locals. Aleuts and Tlingits, Inuit and Yupik, nation after nation of Alaska Natives already claimed a home in the region, largely untouched by European explorers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And then the Russians came. And just as they had among Indigenous peoples in Siberia \u2014 and just as British, French, Spanish, and Portuguese explorers had done in the warmer climes of the Americas \u2014 Russian troops saw Indigenous peoples as little more than a subhuman hindrance, but also as a potential means to an end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It didn\u2019t take long after the Russian landing for the familiar pattern of colonial crimes to play out, sending Indigenous populations reeling. Almost immediately, Russian colonizers began implementing the same playbook they\u2019d perfected across Siberia. The first step was known as iasak, in which Russian representatives demanded tribute \u2014 furs, typically \u2014 from Indigenous populations. In order to assure compliance, Russian traders implemented the playbook\u2019s second element: amanaty, in which Russians would seize hostages from Indigenous populations, held until the iasak requirements were completed. Often, Russian representatives would kidnap the children of local leaders \u2014 all the better to ensure compliance. In some cases, as historian Anne Hyde has written, the Russians would abduct the children of up to half of the male populations of a given community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nor did they stop there. As the U.S.\u2019s National Institute for Health notes, such an arrangement allowed the Russians to effectively \u201censlave\u201d local populations. Demanding \u201cfurs in exchange for [the] lives\u201d of women and children, Russians would \u201csexually exploit the hostages\u201d \u2014 and even \u201cexecute the hostages\u201d should the fur intake fall short. All of it, just \u201cto set an example\u201d for other recalcitrant Indigenous populations.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2023\/10\/27\/russia-colonization-alaska-ukraine-00123352<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“it wasn\u2019t Russian sailors themselves who were clubbing or shooting each of these animals. The Aleutian Islands, and much of the southern rim of Alaska that Russian shipmen explored, already housed tens of thousands of locals. Aleuts and Tlingits, Inuit and Yupik, nation after nation of Alaska Natives already claimed a home in the region, largely untouched by European explorers.<\/p>\n

And then the Russians came. And just as they had among Indigenous peoples in Siberia \u2014 and just as British, French, Spanish, and Portuguese explorers had done in the warmer climes of the Americas \u2014 Russian troops saw Indigenous peoples as little more than a subhuman hindrance, but also as a potential means to an end.<\/p>\n

It didn\u2019t take long after the Russian landing for the familiar pattern of colonial crimes to play out, sending Indigenous populations reeling. Almost immediately, Russian colonizers began implementing the same playbook they\u2019d perfected across Siberia. The first step was known as iasak, in which Russian representatives demanded tribute \u2014 furs, typically \u2014 from Indigenous populations. In order to assure compliance, Russian traders implemented the playbook\u2019s second element: amanaty, in which Russians would seize hostages from Indigenous populations, held until the iasak requirements were completed. Often, Russian representatives would kidnap the children of local leaders \u2014 all the better to ensure compliance. In some cases, as historian Anne Hyde has written, the Russians would abduct the children of up to half of the male populations of a given community.<\/p>\n

Nor did they stop there. As the U.S.\u2019s National Institute for Health notes, such an arrangement allowed the Russians to effectively \u201censlave\u201d local populations. Demanding \u201cfurs in exchange for [the] lives\u201d of women and children, Russians would \u201csexually exploit the hostages\u201d \u2014 and even \u201cexecute the hostages\u201d should the fur intake fall short. All of it, just \u201cto set an example\u201d for other recalcitrant Indigenous populations.”<\/p>\n

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