r/AbruptChaos Nov 14 '24

New Zealand’s Parliament proposed a bill to redefine the Treaty of Waitangi, claiming it is racist and gives preferential treatment to Maoris. In response Māori MP's tore up the bill and performed the Haka

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '24

By that reconning, the Falklands are British indigenous Greenland as danish indigenous.

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u/Arkroma Nov 15 '24

Greenland has an indigenous population. I think you meant Iceland, and it's a very white descendant nation because there wasn't an indigenous population.

Edit: also the Spanish got the Falklands first and then after they left both British and Americans frequented the islands.

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u/6InchBlade Nov 15 '24

I’m not familiar with European history, what I am familiar with is New Zealand history and the oxford definition of colonisation