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I recently attended a discussion about how Native Americans followed a Sacred Economy model in which they didn't price items, exploit nature, and how they shared everything communally, with no concept of private property--how legit is this?

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The show "The Last Kingdom" portrays Saxon children being adopted by the Danes and then raised as vikings to fight alongside them--is there any historical basis for something like this?

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I recently attended a discussion about how Native Americans followed a Sacred Economy model in which they didn't price items, exploit nature, and how they shared everything communally, with no concept of private property--how legit is this?	2781
The show "The Last Kingdom" portrays Saxon children being adopted by the Danes and then raised as vikings to fight alongside them--is there any historical basis for something like this?	7