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On this date… November 3, 1892… Oklahoma

Posted on November 2, 2015 by Stephen Carr Hampton

On this date in 1892, Ned Christie was killed by US marshals asserting federal sovereignty on Cherokee land. Ned Christie, branded a Cherokee outlaw, had been on the run for five and a half years. On this morning, he had … Continue reading →

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On this date… July 5, 1876… Montana

Posted on July 5, 2015 by Stephen Carr Hampton

On this date in 1876, one day after the nation celebrated its Centennial, the news of Custer’s Last Stand reached the media. Eight years earlier, in 1868, the Great Sioux Reservation was “set apart for the absolute and undisturbed use … Continue reading →

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On this date… June 26, 1579… California

Posted on June 26, 2015 by Stephen Carr Hampton

On this date is 2015, Sir Francis Drake and the Golden Hinde pulled into a broad protected bay tucked inside Point Reyes. What ensued was one of the most unusual and fascinating interactions between Europeans and Native Americans ever documented. … Continue reading →

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On this date… March 22, 1621 and 1622… Massachusetts and Virginia

Posted on March 21, 2015 by Stephen Carr Hampton

March 22 was a significant date two years in a row. In 1621, Massasoit, the Great Sachem of the Wampanoags, negotiated a mutual defense pact with the Pilgrims recently ensconced at Patuxet, which they called Plymouth. Though his people were … Continue reading →

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On this date… March 10, 1957… Columbia River

Posted on March 10, 2015 by Stephen Carr Hampton

A mile across, Celilo Falls were the tenth widest waterfall in the world, the widest in the United States, and the largest along the Columbia River. Each year, millions of salmon, hundreds of sea lions, and thousands of Indians from … Continue reading →

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On this date… March 3, 1832… Georgia

Posted on March 3, 2015 by Stephen Carr Hampton

The Supreme Court ruling granting tribal sovereignty was issued on this date. It still stands today. It all started with Samuel Worcester (left) and Elizur Butler, missionaries to the Cherokee. While the Supreme Court debated, they sat in a Georgia … Continue reading →

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On this date… February 23, 1945… Iwo Jima, Japan

Posted on February 23, 2015 by Stephen Carr Hampton

On this date, the US flag was raised over Iwo Jima. Young Navajo men, once punished for speaking their language in the boarding schools, sent over eight-hundred messages during the battle. Here is a sample of the code: Ba-ah-ne-di-tinin, key, … Continue reading →

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On this date… January 26, 1700… Washington

Posted on January 25, 2015 by Stephen Carr Hampton

Based on records in Japan and ghost forests and sediment cores in Washington, we know that, at around 9pm on this date in the year 1700, the Cascadia earthquake struck the Pacific Northwest, sending a tsunami to Japan, the Philippines, … Continue reading →

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On this date… December 29… Pennsylvania, Georgia, South Dakota

Posted on December 29, 2014 by Stephen Carr Hampton

A lot happened on December 29th. In 1790, President George Washington told the Seneca that, at the Treaty of Fort Stanwix, the US government assured them that “in future you cannot be defrauded of your lands. That you possess the … Continue reading →

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On this date… November 6, 1755… Pennsylvania

Posted on November 6, 2014 by Stephen Carr Hampton

On this date in 1755, the Delaware leader Shingas paused at the mouth of Loyalhanna Creek during his raids on English homesteads and addressed his prisoners: “I do not want to carry on the war against the English and am … Continue reading →

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