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[โ€“] MaybeNaught@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago (8 children)

Wait a sec, wasn't the majority of that land in the western states claimed by New Spain and then Mexico? How is the maker of this map qualifying "land of native nations"?

[โ€“] redchert@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 3 days ago

They did not control everything. New Spain claimed a territory from Anchorage to the Philippines to Georgia.

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