Question

Which of the following statements is false?

a. Native Americans did not believe that anybody could own land.
b. Native Americans did not want to sell their land to Europeans because they wanted to own it themselves.
c. Native Americans believed that everybody should share land equally.
d. Native Americans had great respect for the land.

Answer 1

correct option is b. Native Americans did not want to sell their land to Europeans because they wanted to own it themselves.

reason:

while some native american tribes believed that land was a shared resource, others did believe in owning and controlling land. the reason they were reluctant to sell their land to europeans was not because they wanted to keep it for themselves, but because they believed that the land was a sacred gift from the creator and could not be bought or sold like a commodity. they also had concerns about the impact of european settlement and development on their traditional way of life and the environment.