However, he was wrong to assume this about Siriono, Holmberg made the Siriono look like complete savages. The death and disease that spread in their society was not because they were unchanged but truly because of smallpox and influenza (Mann, 2007, p.10). Which can arguably be seen from coming from the Europeans (Zinn, 2009, p.483). What Holmberg did not understand was there land had been shaped by somebody else. Holmberg made the biggest mistake just as the colonists did, where they saw the Native Americans as barbarians or the typical stereotype of the Nobel Savage (Mann, 2007, p.13). This shows how these images of Native Americans pass on to present day and many of the Westerners perspective about them. However, it is through education that the true knowledge about them is given. Holmberg’s Mistake can be seen as a myth and how many assumptions about the Native Americans are incorrect. Assuming and portraying Natives as this “primitive humankind” shapes Western societies thoughts on the Native Americans today. Therefore, Mann (2007) shows that Holmberg did make a mistake and that he did not take the time to actually view the Beni
However, he was wrong to assume this about Siriono, Holmberg made the Siriono look like complete savages. The death and disease that spread in their society was not because they were unchanged but truly because of smallpox and influenza (Mann, 2007, p.10). Which can arguably be seen from coming from the Europeans (Zinn, 2009, p.483). What Holmberg did not understand was there land had been shaped by somebody else. Holmberg made the biggest mistake just as the colonists did, where they saw the Native Americans as barbarians or the typical stereotype of the Nobel Savage (Mann, 2007, p.13). This shows how these images of Native Americans pass on to present day and many of the Westerners perspective about them. However, it is through education that the true knowledge about them is given. Holmberg’s Mistake can be seen as a myth and how many assumptions about the Native Americans are incorrect. Assuming and portraying Natives as this “primitive humankind” shapes Western societies thoughts on the Native Americans today. Therefore, Mann (2007) shows that Holmberg did make a mistake and that he did not take the time to actually view the Beni