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On this date… November 3, 1875… Washington, D.C.

Posted on November 3, 2014 by Stephen Carr Hampton

On this date in 1875, President Ulysses Grant contrived a war to steal the Black Hills. George Bush II contrived a war. He said Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, but what they really had was oil. The Lakota, or … Continue reading →

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On this date… October 7, 1763… London

Posted on October 7, 2014 by Stephen Carr Hampton

On this date in 1763, the King drew a line across America. It ran along the crest of the Appalachians from Vermont to Georgia. West of that line was the Indian Reserve. The American colonists were not allowed to cross … Continue reading →

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On this date… September 8, 1858… Washington

Posted on September 8, 2014 by Stephen Carr Hampton

On this date in 1858, the US Army under Colonel George Wright began executing nine-hundred horses of the Yakama, Palus, and Spokane tribes.  Their bones can still be found today along the Spokane River near Liberty Lake.       … Continue reading →

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On this date… August 27, 1689… New Mexico

Posted on August 27, 2014 by Stephen Carr Hampton

On this date in 1689, Zia Pueblo was laid waste by the Spanish. The Zia symbol graces the flag of New Mexico, the Land of Enchantment.  School children pledge, “I salute the flag of the State of New Mexico and … Continue reading →

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On this date… July 7, 1540… New Mexico

Posted on July 8, 2014 by Stephen Carr Hampton

Just nineteen years after the conquest of the Aztec Empire, young Coronado came north.  More than an “explorer”, his expedition came with 300 soliders, 800 Indian scouts, over 500 horses, and a large herd of cattle, sheep, and pigs.  He … Continue reading →

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On this date… July 4, 1744… Pennsylvania

Posted on July 4, 2014 by Stephen Carr Hampton

Exactly how much the formation of the United States of America was inspired by the Iroquois Confederacy is a matter of debate. But we do know that on the 4th of July in 1744, Canasatego, a Lord of the Onondaga, … Continue reading →

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On this date… June 13, 1717… New York

Posted on June 13, 2014 by Stephen Carr Hampton

On this date in 1717, the Six Nations of the Haudenosaunee (or Iroquois) Confederacy were conducting an investigation into the cause of a small pox epidemic.  They had sent investigators as far as Maryland and Virginia.  They met with the … Continue reading →

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On this date…  June 1, 1773… Georgia

Posted on June 1, 2014 by Stephen Carr Hampton

Many people believe that Europeans took the land from Native Americans by military conquest.  That was almost never the case.  On this date in 1773, the Creek and Cherokee signed over 2.5 million acres of land to the British to … Continue reading →

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On this date… May 21, 1542… Mississippi River

Posted on May 20, 2014 by Stephen Carr Hampton

On this date in 1542, Hernando De Soto, the explorer, the invader, the pillager, the rapist, died somewhere along the Mississippi River.  Fearing his grave would be desecrated, his body, bedecked in armor, was released into the current to sink … Continue reading →

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On this date… May 12, 1879… Nebraska

Posted on May 12, 2014 by Stephen Carr Hampton

On this date in 1879, a US judge declared that “an Indian is a person” and may not be imprisoned (so long as they renounce their Indian ways). Following two decades of some of the most genocidal “extermination” policies, the … Continue reading →

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