Why did the American Indians scalp people?

Scalping in America was used as a way to eradicate the Indigenous Peoples of this country, bounties were paid for Indian scalps, but where did it begin? read more

May 5, 2015 by Karen Hill | Filed Under: Odds Beginning in the Stone Age and up through the early 20th century, there have been tribes of head-hunters in different parts of the world. read more

To prove a kill, Natives were required to take the scalp, a sure indication, being that Europeans and Native Americans have very different hair. This practice began as early as the first European colonization, as early as , and both the French and English paid bounties for Native American scalps taken. read more

Although American native peoples were all too often accused of being the sole practitioners of scalping, in reality they did nothing others had not done before. Herodotus found the practice among the Pontic Scythians, and, according to the Maccabees, the ancient Persians tore away the scalp of one of their prisoners. read more