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Why Did Native Americans Burn the Prairies?

April 26, 2017Americans burn native

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Why Did Native Americans Burn the Prairies?

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Native Americans have burned all of North Americas grasslands since humans entered the continent from Asia at the end of the Ice Age. Grassland burning has been a human trait throughout history in all grassed areas of the world. The burning of North American grasslands was merely a continuation of an ancient, perhaps definitive, human trait. Humans burn grasslands wherever they can, for a number of successful purposes.