The island of Great Britain has had human habitation for nearly a million years according to the analysis of stone tool finds in Norfolk. There were various waves of hunter-gatherer peoples after that. Some still believe in a post ice age “civilisation” on the island. Then there were the builders of Stonehenge. Celts made their showing, and then Romans. Then some newcomers from Germany and Denmark came and named the larger portion of the island after themselves, dismissing everyone else as “Welch” or foreigners. Then some transplanted North-men from France came. Enter the Huguenots, Dutch, Central and Eastern European Jews, Poles, and “people of the Empire.” Windrush, and EU and many more have made the island their home. So who are the indigenous British?
The “Native” people:
Now who are they? First comers?
But did any stay?
Padre
Well stated, Britain, like America is a melting pot, and that amalgum is stern, proud stuff. But petty tribalism and nationalism sours the stew.
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Good question: “So who are the indigenous British?”
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The movement of people throughout history does make the question of who’s indigenous a challenging one. Like how you tackled it here!
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Echoes my thoughts. And those of Daniel Defoe
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Nice!
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A very good question to ask! The bigger issue is in relationships; how we treat one another and those who are different from us! You are right, “Who is really indigeneous!”
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I have read that many of the first Europeans where wiped out by plagues when the fist waves of immigrants that are us arrived…
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Hilarious stuff! Keep up the good work!
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