Thank you so much for this thoughtful video. It really shows the true purpose of museums...it's not about preserving objects for preservation's sake, but about the *meaning* we give to those objects. Objects are a way to learn about the people who made and used them; it's a window into the past. (I went to graduate school for museum studies, and now work in museum education, and I always try to keep that in mind.)
I like that Dr Nash is a somewhat atypical archaeologist. The popular image of an archaeologist is someone digging up a field looking for remains of ancient societies, but Dr Nash is dealing with these relatively modern items that still have major socio-political importance today. Archaeology doesn't end with the European Medieval period.
This is a really interesting video. I love that you guys on the Brain Scoop are covering this! I also find it interesting that you talk about Native Americans and museums. The natural history museum in my town has an apology for something they did- I'm fuzzy on the details, but they used to have Native Americans in their gallery of dioramas (I don't know when they were made, the museums pretty old though) of Life Through The Ages or some such, which caused a lot of kids to think Native Americans were extinct! Now they have a little plaque with an apology in a corner of the hall, but I wonder- did the Field Museum ever have problems like that? What's the story?
I don't know details of specific displays, but absolutely, our museum (and many others, thankfully) have changed and are continuously changing the ways we talk about and work with indigenous peoples, whether American Indian or otherwise.
Two things that a lot of museums have done in recent years are to remove human remains from public displays and to stop displaying sacred or ritual objects in those cases where they are related to groups that still exist and consider the objects' display an act of disrespect. Also, when temporary or new exhibits are designed, it's common to let living members of the Native American groups depicted have their say.
If you want to learn more about early representation of Native American s in museums, I recommend the book Give Me My Father's Body by Kenn Harper. It involves the American Museum of Natural History in the early 1900s, and although some details are depressing and disturbing, it's an important story.
The shell gorget is so rad. As an etcher/printmaker I was fascinated thinking about the artists and craftspeople who made them and their processes. Every crafted artifact has a story, but these 'medals' are bound up in such complex conflict. Super interesting. Thank you, BrainScoop!
So at first we used these medals to establish peace and friendship between the natives, but later it devolved into something that meant "we are superior and we can do whatever we want to your land"?
It really looks that way, doesn't it- even if the intention was more or less superficial with the imagery of 'Peace and Friendship,' the entire illusion of that notion disappeared as manifest destiny took hold. It's disturbing, to say the least.
@@thebrainscoop Really interesting video, but after Lincoln's medal (with a Native in ceremonial headdress ploughing a farm inside a circle that seems to be pushing out the "warring savages") I had to stop. It made me feel sick that this narrative has been pushed by the powers that be for so long. It seems like the plan all along was to buy favour with empty words and shiny objects, yet all we hear is the bravery of the Explorers, venturing into untamed wilds, striking deals, and spreading culture and positivity. How can I learn about my family and their family when everything "out there" has been so whitewashed?
George W. Bush was never really a rancher. He comes from a line of politicians and financiers who occasionally dabbled in oil. W has a cowboy hat and a pair of boots, but he's what Texans call "all hat and no cattle"-- or, in my parents' generation, a "drugstore cowboy." The Bushes own a "ranch" near Crawford, Texas, bit it's more of a vacation villa than a working cattle farm.
so much for peace with the natives look at standing rock :( thx for this awesomely ha bisky vid i really loved learning about these coin pendant things
Peace medals that didn't really mean peace but probably more likely meant "see, colonization is good for you too, don't give us trouble because we gave you a medal"
at about 4:45 the abraham lincoln peace medal to me it looks like the farmer is a native american wearing a headdress. does someone else see that the same way or is it a european-american farmer?
Yeah, that's a great observation. Someone tweeted at me (@ehmee if you're into that) a photo from "Indian Peace Medals in American History," by Francis Paul Prucha (1971): "The President and the Secretary of the Interior had examined it and had only one suggestion to make about the design for the reverse. Willson had executed an elaborate design, with a round medallion in the center about three-fifths the size of the medal, showing a house and church with children at play in the background and an Indian plowing in the foreground. Between this medallion and the outer edge of the medal there appeared at the top an Indian in the act of scalping another Indian. At the bottom was the head of the Indian woman, a quiver of arrows, and a bow and peacepipe. The intention, clearly, was to depict the advantages of civilization over savagery. The design with its symbolism was approved, but objection was made to the figure of the Indian plowing. The President and the Secretary decided that the design would be more acceptable if the feathered headdress on the Indian could be removed, and they asked the artist to take it out if he could do so without injury to the die. No doubt it seemed incongruous to have the Indian, who had adopted the white man's ways of agriculture, appear in his warriors headdress. But once the design had been cut into the die, there was no way to remove the feathers..."
Were peace metals designed intentionally by the government to model the gorgets or were they just worn by various tribes in the same fashion as gorgets?
I'll admit to clicking on this one because of the title >.< I've watched all the videos from the collection in Minnesota up through you heading to the jungle, and I need to catch up on the backlog I've created. Thank you so much for asking about what happens if someone comes to the museum to claim a piece! I had never considered that, and I'm so so glad to hear about the Field Museum's policies. It's good to know that they're willing to right previous wrongs if there is a case to be made. Keep it up, you fabulous person ^.^
I’m glad this isn’t glorifying this practice...it’s pretty disturbing. I’m glad you guys are talking about it - we need to acknowledge the history of our country. I mean, pretty disturbing is an understatement. It’s horrifying. Aside, and not related, but I appreciate your style! Both clothing and manners. You’re always so respectful and warm to your guests, and ask excellent questions! It’s nice to see another lady as intrigued by science as I am 😊
Shannon Hayes Really? I must admit that I never noticed it there, but then Rowling's pseudo-latin words probably had me in a continuous state of suspended disbelief ... But if you enter "never tickle a sleeping dragon" into Google translate it'll come up with this translation. I wonder what is cause and what is effect in this. It's quite some time since I has to write something coherent in latin, but this phrase mixes up a gerundium for an imperative.
This channel and Extra Credits, two of my favorite channels, released videos related to peace a couple of hours apart. Coincidence, or is there some relevant event?
I love the discussion of repatriation of museum objects. So important to recognize what we can do in the present to acknowledge and redress on-going colonialism. Great video.
Finally some Native American archaeology! I'm did my undergrad in Southeastern arch and my graduate degree is focused on the curation crisis of archaeological collections (also I think that would make a pretty good video topic).
I think loyalty can be purchased--at least hypothetically. Say a strong regional power gives gifts to not-as-powerful nearby kingdoms to "buy their loyalty", then a a strong invader comes against the power. The gifts would remind the kingdoms of the loyalty they pledged when they took them. Of course, either party could just ignore the pact & take the gifts anyway which makes it hard to trust people whose only tie to you is via gifts, but it technically can be done, IMO.
Re: "What if they ask for it back?" Don't a lot of those cases get resolved in the museum transferring legal ownership to the rightful owners, who then loan it to the museum for display/conservation/secure storage? Or at least that's the best-case scenario.
The guy surely had a blooper, but there are not two native americans on the first metal medal. The one on the right is a soldier in what seems a rinascimental ceremonial armor. It was a classical reference and probably they meant civilization against uncivilized natives.
9:15 ANY burial that's suitably old, is not treated with the same respect that other burials are... If you find a roman catholic guy in the middle of a bog in england, they'll put everything into the collection.
Good gravy. What a way to dance around genocide. "...it is a fundamental aspect of what human beings do." Genocide is NOT INEVITABLE. As Robert Sussman points out: "Cooperation isn't just a byproduct of competition, or something done only because both parties receive some benefit from the partnership," says Sussman, professor of physical anthropology in Arts & Sciences. "Rather, altruism and cooperation are inherent in primates, including humans." No, Europeans were appalling in their dealings with First Nations peoples. Reparations are long overdue.
"...in our society we respect everybody's burials"? What a load of manure. The US government has been running roughshod - often literally - over Native burial sites for as long as there's been a US government. Here's a story that was just published 5 days ago: www.mintpressnews.com/feds-defend-bulldozing-native-american-burial-grounds-for-highway-expansion/233665/
They totally are a symbol of Native repression. Yes it represents colonial control but that doesn't mean there were no specific motivations for making and giving these artifacts. I think you can accept this and still try and indigenize and repatriate museums by increasing practices like that you had mentioned.
i cant understand how native american can build society without learn writing. there must be a written contract between european american and native american, right?
Like all societies that eventually developed or adopted a writing system, Native peoples had oral traditions to build their society. There were written contracts between Europeans and Natives but like Slugfly points out, without a formal education in English, many Natives struggled to understand what they were agreeing to. Not that it mattered because the US government broke most of the treaties they had signed with tribes. Also, as a side note, the first early writing systems developed in Mesoamerica, Mesopotamia, and China so if we extend the definition of "Native American" to Mesoamerica, Natives did have a writing system just not in the area that would become the US.
Really? I think it's a fair question. From the perspective of the American government, they seemed to think that good relations and peaceful treaties could be purchased with an agreement and medals. I'm curious to know what others think about these type of exchanges.
Borjigin - To be honest I don't think that's exactly clickbait. The video represents the use of so called prestige items to purchase/buy peace, hence representing the title. Plus I don't think Emily will ever use Clickbait on a Brainscoop video.
Certainly, but with no context, the combination of this title and this thumbnail say absolutely nothing about what the video contains to the vast majority of people who don't see a big coin and automatically recognize it as a Peace Medal. The fact that this definitely isn't the kind of thing we expect from your channel leads people - led me, at least - to click on the video to figure out what was going on, rather than clicking on it because I was interested to know more about a clearly descriptive title. It's clear by your response that this wasn't intentional, I thought it'd be helpful to explain the logic, to hopefully find a more museum-like descriptive title. This was definitely an interesting video, and it leads me to wonder whether more political history videos will appear in the future. Cheers :)
SilentS, you're clearly much more familiar with US History than I am. But considering this isn't a history channel, and that the audience is probably fairly international, I suspect that I'm more similar to the average viewer in this regard than you are.
It posed a question based on the content. Was peace really purchased? How was it purchased? What was the significance of that peace? They gave you relevant information to form your own opinion and hopefully built an interest to look into the subject in more detail.
I'm European. This video inspired me to look into events and relationships between Native-Americans and the brand new USA, because I know only the basics. Donesn't change the fact that it has a clickbait-ey title.
This was fascinating
Thank you so much for this thoughtful video. It really shows the true purpose of museums...it's not about preserving objects for preservation's sake, but about the *meaning* we give to those objects. Objects are a way to learn about the people who made and used them; it's a window into the past. (I went to graduate school for museum studies, and now work in museum education, and I always try to keep that in mind.)
I like that Dr Nash is a somewhat atypical archaeologist. The popular image of an archaeologist is someone digging up a field looking for remains of ancient societies, but Dr Nash is dealing with these relatively modern items that still have major socio-political importance today. Archaeology doesn't end with the European Medieval period.
This is a really interesting video. I love that you guys on the Brain Scoop are covering this! I also find it interesting that you talk about Native Americans and museums. The natural history museum in my town has an apology for something they did- I'm fuzzy on the details, but they used to have Native Americans in their gallery of dioramas (I don't know when they were made, the museums pretty old though) of Life Through The Ages or some such, which caused a lot of kids to think Native Americans were extinct! Now they have a little plaque with an apology in a corner of the hall, but I wonder- did the Field Museum ever have problems like that? What's the story?
I don't know details of specific displays, but absolutely, our museum (and many others, thankfully) have changed and are continuously changing the ways we talk about and work with indigenous peoples, whether American Indian or otherwise.
Two things that a lot of museums have done in recent years are to remove human remains from public displays and to stop displaying sacred or ritual objects in those cases where they are related to groups that still exist and consider the objects' display an act of disrespect. Also, when temporary or new exhibits are designed, it's common to let living members of the Native American groups depicted have their say.
If you want to learn more about early representation of Native American s in museums, I recommend the book Give Me My Father's Body by Kenn Harper. It involves the American Museum of Natural History in the early 1900s, and although some details are depressing and disturbing, it's an important story.
I LOVE IT WHEN EMILY GETS TO COLLABORATE WITH SUPER COOL MUSEUMS!
(Seriously though, the evolution of the peace medals was incredibly interesting)
I didn't know about these before today. Thanks for sharing!
Great video as usual, Emily. It brought up a lot of interesting points. Also, sick bee collar chain.
Oh. I love your channel . Thank you and your staff for such interesting and great work.
The shell gorget is so rad. As an etcher/printmaker I was fascinated thinking about the artists and craftspeople who made them and their processes. Every crafted artifact has a story, but these 'medals' are bound up in such complex conflict. Super interesting. Thank you, BrainScoop!
I personally enjoy the ones related to biology more, but it's interesting to see the channel expand to new subjects :)
Why this channel doesn't have as many subscribers as Buzzfeed does, I'll never know. Great video!
i love what this channel has become 11/10 great video
I am a kid of México i am 11 years old i like your videos because i se thing that in the school i dont see and siens si mi favorit matirial
Mr.Pardo he said that it is his favorite subject
So at first we used these medals to establish peace and friendship between the natives, but later it devolved into something that meant "we are superior and we can do whatever we want to your land"?
It really looks that way, doesn't it- even if the intention was more or less superficial with the imagery of 'Peace and Friendship,' the entire illusion of that notion disappeared as manifest destiny took hold. It's disturbing, to say the least.
@@thebrainscoop Really interesting video, but after Lincoln's medal (with a Native in ceremonial headdress ploughing a farm inside a circle that seems to be pushing out the "warring savages") I had to stop. It made me feel sick that this narrative has been pushed by the powers that be for so long. It seems like the plan all along was to buy favour with empty words and shiny objects, yet all we hear is the bravery of the Explorers, venturing into untamed wilds, striking deals, and spreading culture and positivity.
How can I learn about my family and their family when everything "out there" has been so whitewashed?
@@shaggy0917
Exactly my thoughts !!!
Very interesting video!!!! I can always look for great content on the brain scoop! 💕😁
"Never tickle a sleeping dragon." Nice one, brainscoop. Love the Harry Potter reference! ;)
Great video! And also really really love your shirt collar!
George W. Bush was never really a rancher. He comes from a line of politicians and financiers who occasionally dabbled in oil. W has a cowboy hat and a pair of boots, but he's what Texans call "all hat and no cattle"-- or, in my parents' generation, a "drugstore cowboy." The Bushes own a "ranch" near Crawford, Texas, bit it's more of a vacation villa than a working cattle farm.
Gary Cooper they sell trees
Lewis and Clark carried 89 peace medals? Why didn't they make it an even 90, or 100?
Gary Cooper probably that was all that was made before the left.
If you like this video, check out ‚Objectivity‘. They show off a lot of historical items and documents.
so much for peace with the natives look at standing rock :(
thx for this awesomely ha bisky vid i really loved learning about these coin pendant things
Peace medals that didn't really mean peace but probably more likely meant "see, colonization is good for you too, don't give us trouble because we gave you a medal"
I was like "that museum looks familiar". No wonder, it's our museum here in Denver
Such unflinching confrontation of euro-American treachery is commendable. Also Abe Lincoln has no chill when it came to peace medals
at about 4:45 the abraham lincoln peace medal to me it looks like the farmer is a native american wearing a headdress. does someone else see that the same way or is it a european-american farmer?
Yeah, that's a great observation. Someone tweeted at me (@ehmee if you're into that) a photo from "Indian Peace Medals in American History," by Francis Paul Prucha (1971):
"The President and the Secretary of the Interior had examined it and had only one suggestion to make about the design for the reverse. Willson had executed an elaborate design, with a round medallion in the center about three-fifths the size of the medal, showing a house and church with children at play in the background and an Indian plowing in the foreground. Between this medallion and the outer edge of the medal there appeared at the top an Indian in the act of scalping another Indian. At the bottom was the head of the Indian woman, a quiver of arrows, and a bow and peacepipe. The intention, clearly, was to depict the advantages of civilization over savagery. The design with its symbolism was approved, but objection was made to the figure of the Indian plowing. The President and the Secretary decided that the design would be more acceptable if the feathered headdress on the Indian could be removed, and they asked the artist to take it out if he could do so without injury to the die. No doubt it seemed incongruous to have the Indian, who had adopted the white man's ways of agriculture, appear in his warriors headdress. But once the design had been cut into the die, there was no way to remove the feathers..."
Very beautiful presentation
Were peace metals designed intentionally by the government to model the gorgets or were they just worn by various tribes in the same fashion as gorgets?
The latter.
I'll admit to clicking on this one because of the title >.< I've watched all the videos from the collection in Minnesota up through you heading to the jungle, and I need to catch up on the backlog I've created.
Thank you so much for asking about what happens if someone comes to the museum to claim a piece! I had never considered that, and I'm so so glad to hear about the Field Museum's policies. It's good to know that they're willing to right previous wrongs if there is a case to be made.
Keep it up, you fabulous person ^.^
I’m glad this isn’t glorifying this practice...it’s pretty disturbing. I’m glad you guys are talking about it - we need to acknowledge the history of our country. I mean, pretty disturbing is an understatement. It’s horrifying.
Aside, and not related, but I appreciate your style! Both clothing and manners. You’re always so respectful and warm to your guests, and ask excellent questions! It’s nice to see another lady as intrigued by science as I am 😊
"Draco dormiens nunquam titillanous."
Gary Cooper Google translate. Virgil and Cicero would instantly die seeing this ....
Haha it's the Hogwarts motto!
Shannon Hayes Really? I must admit that I never noticed it there, but then Rowling's pseudo-latin words probably had me in a continuous state of suspended disbelief ... But if you enter "never tickle a sleeping dragon" into Google translate it'll come up with this translation.
I wonder what is cause and what is effect in this.
It's quite some time since I has to write something coherent in latin, but this phrase mixes up a gerundium for an imperative.
This channel and Extra Credits, two of my favorite channels, released videos related to peace a couple of hours apart. Coincidence, or is there some relevant event?
I love the discussion of repatriation of museum objects. So important to recognize what we can do in the present to acknowledge and redress on-going colonialism. Great video.
Raw lamb sounds like and amazing gift to me. But I'm argentinian, so...
Finally some Native American archaeology! I'm did my undergrad in Southeastern arch and my graduate degree is focused on the curation crisis of archaeological collections (also I think that would make a pretty good video topic).
"It's more than a hat!"........"It still has brains on it".
"Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus"? Pffff.
Challenge accepted Emily! Challenge accepted!
More than a hat...because....it still has brains on it.
That was fucking fascinating.
I do have one complaint. There's never enough Brainscoop. It seems so long between episodes but its hard to argue with the quality so all is forgiven.
8:23 That was a really really long way of saying "No"
Peace sells, but who's buyin?
Peace is a surprisingly tough sell. War has a lot more marketing pizzazz.
What do you mean I aint kind... just not your kind
I think loyalty can be purchased--at least hypothetically. Say a strong regional power gives gifts to not-as-powerful nearby kingdoms to "buy their loyalty", then a a strong invader comes against the power. The gifts would remind the kingdoms of the loyalty they pledged when they took them. Of course, either party could just ignore the pact & take the gifts anyway which makes it hard to trust people whose only tie to you is via gifts, but it technically can be done, IMO.
Great video! Thank you for teaching me more about native relations
Re: "What if they ask for it back?" Don't a lot of those cases get resolved in the museum transferring legal ownership to the rightful owners, who then loan it to the museum for display/conservation/secure storage? Or at least that's the best-case scenario.
HEYYY DENVER THATS WHERE I LIVE!!!
Is there an award? this episode deserves it.
Top Shelf, Emily, Et Al.! 20/10!
The guy surely had a blooper, but there are not two native americans on the first metal medal. The one on the right is a soldier in what seems a rinascimental ceremonial armor. It was a classical reference and probably they meant civilization against uncivilized natives.
What video is it when you push the chair into the scene? It is very loud and funny
You really need to be able to bring Native American speakers into these conversations. These are living communities that are still being targeted.
Emily's outfit and style is on point. Looking good.
I don't know why, but this Steve Nash guy looks like SUCH a Steve Nash.
Also, why is Abe Lincoln wearing a toga?
Emily, I love the dress, you're a class act with taste.
Squinty John Adams and frowning Harrison made me laugh so much!
9:15 ANY burial that's suitably old, is not treated with the same respect that other burials are... If you find a roman catholic guy in the middle of a bog in england, they'll put everything into the collection.
Now, this would be pretty adequate.
The medal with lady liberty and a native chief shaking hands just doesn't have an insidious message.
Since I'm really early… Hi :)
Not on Amazon. Ebay had some offers but they looked shady.
Final Answer: Maybe, but I wouldn't put my money on it
8:24 real answer, NO
Thanks for just letting him talk. :) nice a refreshing.
Its not just a hat... because it still got brains on it.
Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus.
Good gravy. What a way to dance around genocide. "...it is a fundamental aspect of what human beings do." Genocide is NOT INEVITABLE. As Robert Sussman points out: "Cooperation isn't just a byproduct of competition, or something done only because both parties receive some benefit from the partnership," says Sussman, professor of physical anthropology in Arts & Sciences. "Rather, altruism and cooperation are inherent in primates, including humans." No, Europeans were appalling in their dealings with First Nations peoples. Reparations are long overdue.
"...in our society we respect everybody's burials"? What a load of manure. The US government has been running roughshod - often literally - over Native burial sites for as long as there's been a US government. Here's a story that was just published 5 days ago:
www.mintpressnews.com/feds-defend-bulldozing-native-american-burial-grounds-for-highway-expansion/233665/
That was awesome, but can I see some brain scooping again?
Dr. Steve Nash sounds like Ron Swanson.
Love that you worked in the Hogwarts motto! lol
In the end, is more than a hat.
Emily, you are a treasure.
Hello.
Your dress looks amazing. I love that you show that a girl can dress well and not be afraid to get their hands dirty.
Honor G = Grinnell! Grinnellians FTW :)
So, Peace Medals were the beginning of the end for the Native Americans.
They totally are a symbol of Native repression. Yes it represents colonial control but that doesn't mean there were no specific motivations for making and giving these artifacts. I think you can accept this and still try and indigenize and repatriate museums by increasing practices like that you had mentioned.
i cant understand how native american can build society without learn writing. there must be a written contract between european american and native american, right?
Eko That's part of how they got screwed so bad. They signed exploitative contracts they didn't understand.
Like all societies that eventually developed or adopted a writing system, Native peoples had oral traditions to build their society. There were written contracts between Europeans and Natives but like Slugfly points out, without a formal education in English, many Natives struggled to understand what they were agreeing to. Not that it mattered because the US government broke most of the treaties they had signed with tribes. Also, as a side note, the first early writing systems developed in Mesoamerica, Mesopotamia, and China so if we extend the definition of "Native American" to Mesoamerica, Natives did have a writing system just not in the area that would become the US.
This is like objectivity in steroids
He vaguely sounds like nick offerman.
Way to sneak the hogwarts school moto in there
No, but it can be leased.
Peace sells.
By megadeth
First...?
(Maybe it was. Yay.)
hi emily. this shows pretty cool. i like snails. bye
Wow. Everyone should know about these.
Also, how the heck did I recognize Martin Van Buren? Was he the only balding pre-Civil-War President?
I'll take some lamb! Yum!
Like 33 and i am the 214 visit
If there is a world leader out there who wants to send me 300 pounds of lamb email me for my shipping address.
Just come...I don't know what you are driving...
I would love 300lbs of meat.
Change that fucking music.
Jefferson is the worst
LMAO just because you're not smart enough to understand "purchase" doesn't mean it's clickbait
No it can't be bought.
1 brainscoop = 1 like
When the Europeans settled the americas, the native Americans had yet to invent the wheel. Also, clickbait
Not happy with the clickbaity title. Neat video, though.
Really? I think it's a fair question. From the perspective of the American government, they seemed to think that good relations and peaceful treaties could be purchased with an agreement and medals. I'm curious to know what others think about these type of exchanges.
Borjigin - To be honest I don't think that's exactly clickbait. The video represents the use of so called prestige items to purchase/buy peace, hence representing the title. Plus I don't think Emily will ever use Clickbait on a Brainscoop video.
Certainly, but with no context, the combination of this title and this thumbnail say absolutely nothing about what the video contains to the vast majority of people who don't see a big coin and automatically recognize it as a Peace Medal. The fact that this definitely isn't the kind of thing we expect from your channel leads people - led me, at least - to click on the video to figure out what was going on, rather than clicking on it because I was interested to know more about a clearly descriptive title.
It's clear by your response that this wasn't intentional, I thought it'd be helpful to explain the logic, to hopefully find a more museum-like descriptive title. This was definitely an interesting video, and it leads me to wonder whether more political history videos will appear in the future.
Cheers :)
Based on the title and thumbnail, I immediately knew what the video would be about. The polar opposite of clickbaity.
SilentS, you're clearly much more familiar with US History than I am. But considering this isn't a history channel, and that the audience is probably fairly international, I suspect that I'm more similar to the average viewer in this regard than you are.
Clickbait
Again - it literally is about the US trying to purchase peace. how is it clickbait?
How???
It posed a question based on the content. Was peace really purchased? How was it purchased? What was the significance of that peace?
They gave you relevant information to form your own opinion and hopefully built an interest to look into the subject in more detail.
I'm European. This video inspired me to look into events and relationships between Native-Americans and the brand new USA, because I know only the basics.
Donesn't change the fact that it has a clickbait-ey title.
emili are you single?