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Commercial_Case_7475 t1_ja7h8ix wrote

Reply to comment by sorrycharlie88 in Colchester Historical Society remembers the 'Buffalo Soldiers' of Fort Ethan Allen by RamaSchneider

I believe buffalo soldiers was originally a reference to the Lakota tribes and various chiefs, like Crazy Horse, that lead many brave battles against American government land grabbers.

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Human802 t1_ja8ajz0 wrote

My understanding was the black soldiers were forced to go fight the Lakota and other tribes, and it was the indigenous people that can up with the name Buffalo soldiers because of the dreadlocks they grew. This could just be a Rasta myth version though.

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sorrycharlie88 t1_ja7lnw6 wrote

I doubt a rag tag group of South African/Dutch fighters named their unit after native American tribes though.

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