By Ed Rice (Centralmaine.com, Nov. 13, 2015) Recent use of an alcohol reference is particularly harmful, considering how white people used it to control the native peoples. Since the French, the British and colonial Americans invaded North America, the use of alcohol helped white people to subjugate Native Americans in all manner of nefarious ways and made the indigenous peoples subservient to their respective wills. They cheated them in basic trades for furs and goods, stole lands from … [Read more...]