How Did Native Americans Conceive of Property

question 14

Multiple Choice

How did Native Americans conceive of property?

• A) Native Americans believed that land should never be claimed.
• B) Families might use a specific plot of land for a season.
• C) Individuals could own land outright and pass it on to family members.
• D) A family could claim land forever, but an individual could not.
• E) Native Americans and Europeans conceived of property in the same way, though Europeans claimed otherwise as an excuse to take Indian land.

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