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About Stephen Carr Hampton

Stephen Carr Hampton is an enrolled citizen of Cherokee Nation, an avid birder since age 7, and a former resource economist for the California Department of Fish & Game, where he worked as a tribal liaison and conducted natural resource damage assessments and oversaw environmental restoration projects after oil spills. He writes most often about Native history and contemporary issues, birds, and climate change.

Re-post: Columbus Day revisited

Posted on October 12, 2013 by Stephen Carr Hampton

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/columbus_day

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On this date… October 12, 1492… Bahamas

Posted on October 12, 2013 by Stephen Carr Hampton

On a small white sand island in the Bahamas, Cristoforo Colombo came ashore. Since the first task of the conqueror is always to re-name the conquered, Colombo wrote, “I reached the Indian sea where I discovered many islands thickly peopled, … Continue reading →

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Re-post: On this date, Oct 5, 1877

Posted on October 6, 2013 by Stephen Carr Hampton

Chief Joseph says, “I will fight no more.” http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/10/05/native-history-i-will-fight-no-more-nez-perce-war-ends-151540

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On this date… October 4, 1597… Georgia

Posted on October 4, 2013 by Stephen Carr Hampton

The Guale began their uprising against the Spanish priests on the Sea Islands.  They began by killing the friar of Tolomato.  Over his body, the cacique’s son gave this speech: “Now the friar is dead.  This would not have happened … Continue reading →

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On this date… September 29, 1872… Texas

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Stephen Carr Hampton

For the first time, Colonel Ranald Mackenzie attacked the Comanche successfully in the heart of Comancheria, on the Staked Plains, on the North Fork of the Red River. Their leader, Mowway, was on his way to a peace conference.  Joining … Continue reading →

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On this date… September 25, 1714… New York

Posted on September 25, 2013 by Stephen Carr Hampton

Three years and three days after the start of the Tuscarora War, on this date, the Five Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy negotiated the safe passage of the surviving refugees from North Carolina to New York.  The Iroquois informed the … Continue reading →

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On this date… September 22, 1711… North Carolina

Posted on September 21, 2013 by Stephen Carr Hampton

On this date, the Tuscarora rose up and attacked the English settlement of Bath and other homesteads along the Neuse, Roanoke, and Trent Rivers.  They had suffered greatly from English slave raids, land grabs, and diseases.  In the uprising, hundreds … Continue reading →

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Re-post: Redskins and Blackskins

Posted on September 19, 2013 by Stephen Carr Hampton

Interesting commentary from an African American. http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/09/18/above-distraction-more-blackskins-gerard-miller-151340

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Selective Memories from Syria to Fort Pitt

Posted on September 19, 2013 by Stephen Carr Hampton

President Obama is right to voice outrage at the use of chemical weapons in Syria.  While the concept of rules in warfare is a bit ironic, maintaining an international consensus against the use of these weapons, which kill civilians so … Continue reading →

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The Rutherford Trace and the Destruction of Nikwasi

Posted on September 11, 2013 by Stephen Carr Hampton

reblog from This Day in North Carolina History

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