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Category Archives: news
Patuxet (Plymouth) 400 years on: “Bones and skulls” — An epidemic made the Pilgrims’ settlement possible
In the late fall of 1620, the 102 men, women, and child passengers aboard for the Mayflower found themselves behind schedule and seriously off course. They were supposed to be in Virginia Colony (the colony that famously kidnapped Pocahontas), which … Continue reading
Intergenerational supremacy: The straight line from pioneers to poor white support for Trump
While I’m tremendously relieved that Biden won the election, I remain terrified. Why did 71 million people vote for Donald Trump in 2020, even more than in 2016? By now, we all knew that the draft-dodging, pussy-grabbing, bankrupt, tax cheating, … Continue reading
Posted in my own thoughts, news
Tagged 2020, Bacon's Rebellion, Chivington, Custer, de Tocqueville, election, ethnic cleansing, genocide, grant, intergenerational trauma, manifest destiny, massacres, Metzl, mound builders, moundbuilders, pioneers, racism, Sand Creek, sheridan, socialism, Trail of Tears, trump, wedge, white supremacy
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Stand by, militias have been enforcing white supremacy in the US for centuries
Militias, rag tag groups of armed white men, farmers, and pioneers, often supported by local law enforcement, have a long history of enforcing the idea that the United States is first and foremost for white people (i.e. white supremacy). These … Continue reading
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Tagged #ProudBoys, apache, Aravaipa, Chivington, Darfur, debate, Fighting Parson, Interahamwe, Janjaweed, Lancaster, militias, Native American history, Paxton, Pinal, Proud Boys, public safety, Rwanda, Sand Creek, Soule, Sudan, Susquehannock, trump, tucson, White supremacist, white supremacy
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Hysterectomies and forced sterilization, again, Native Americans remember
With forced hysterectomies of immigrant refugees in the news, Native Americans remember. Between 1970 and 1976, as the forced boarding schools were declining, physicians of the Indian Health Service sterilized at least a quarter of Native American women between the … Continue reading
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Tagged forced, Hysterectomies, ice, immigrants, Indian health service, kaw, native americans, sterilization
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Drama on the Rez: Big Oil, Oklahoma, and Trump put the Five Tribes under pressure
With the ink barely dry on the Supreme Court ruling that eastern Oklahoma is in fact reservation land of the Creek, Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Seminole, the Five Tribes are under pressure to relinquish some of their new-found sovereignty. The … Continue reading
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Tagged big oil, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, Five Tribes, McGirt, Melonia, oil, oil industry, Oklahoma, Osage murders, permit, pipeline, pressure, regulation, royalties, SCOTUS, Seminole, sovereignty, Stitt, tax, trump
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Paha Sapa, Custer’s Last Stand, Mt. Rushmore, and Wounded Knee: A history of the Black Hills in one diagram
A lot of stories are linked to the Black Hills; a lot of dots connect there. Here’s a very abbreviated history. CLICK TO ENLARGE See this blog post for more background on the Great Sioux Nation, both past and present. … Continue reading
Posted in my own thoughts, news
Tagged Black Hills, Crazy Horse, Custer, custer's last stand, grant, greasy grass, great sioux nation, Great Sioux Reservation, Hearst, kkk, lakota, Mt. Rushmore, Paha Sapa, peltier, Sioux, Sitting Bull, six grandfathers, the black hills are not for sale, treaty of 1868, Wounded Knee
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John Sutter’s heart of darkness
In Joseph Conroy’s novel Heart of Darkness, the ivory trader Mr. Kurtz moves deep into the “savage interior” of the Congo and builds a vast slave plantation where he rules by terror. Severed heads are perched on the posts of … Continue reading
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Tagged Apocalypse Now, Donner Party, genocide, Gold Rush, heart of darkness, Maidu, Miwok, slavery, slaves, statue, Sutter, Sutter's Mill
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Headline from 1606: Spanish Conquistador Juan de Oñate recalled to Mexico City
Sante Fe, NM: In a stunning turn of events, Governor of the Northern Territories Juan de Oñate was recalled to Mexico City today by Spanish authorities for excessive violence and brutality against both Natives and colonists. Given the recent history … Continue reading
Abolishing the police: Minneapolis looks to alternatives
In the wake of the killing of George Floyd and associated riots, the people of Minneapolis are turning to a 2017 report, Enough is Enough: A 150 year Performance Review of the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD150). The Past The report … Continue reading
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Tagged #GeorgeFloyd, abolition, aim, alternatives, Fletcher, George Floyd, looting, minneapolis, MPD150, police, protest, reform, restorative justice, riots
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