settlers

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Aaron Katzoff, a father of seven who is originally from Los Angeles, has created a winery and a bar called "Settlers," which feels like a small piece of the American west.

From BBC • Aug. 14, 2025

Settlers brought with them new cultural norms, including beef-heavy diets that required massive swaths of land for grazing cattle.

From Salon • Oct. 28, 2024

Settlers introduced mass-manufactured sheep’s wool blankets, and a new narrative took hold.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 13, 2023

Settlers also suppressed fires and killed and pushed out the Native people whose fire management regimes also maintained open lands.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 6, 2023

Settlers who came to what is currently known as North America wanted land for homes, farms, and businesses that they could not have in their home countries.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz