Scalping on the Frontier - The Truth

In this episode of wildwestfaces we take a look at scalping on the Frontier, Native Americans have been performing the complex spiritual ritual for over one thousand years, they believed that the spirit and soul of a person was carried in the scalp and by taking a scalp they were taking their spirit for themselves.
Men women and children were all free game when it came to scalping, by taking a woman or child's scalp proved that the warrior had ventured deep into enemy territory. Although today we see scalping as a barbaric practice, back then it was expected by a fallen foe and the spiritual significance far outweighed any desire to torture the victim by scalping.
Many revisionist historians are incorrectly portraying the practice as something the white man developed and the Indians copied or did as revenge after seeing the white man do it, when it couldn't be further from the truth. The scalping ritual was deeply rooted in their cultural beliefs, far to complex for us to fully comprehend today. By denying the Native American of his history because of our modern sensibilities is a travesty and should be called out whenever it is addressed.
We hope you enjoy this episode of wildwestfaces.