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Migrating to Substack

Posted on December 24, 2024 by Stephen Carr Hampton

This blog, combined with The Cottonwood Post, my other blog more focused on birds, climate change, and other environmental issues, will be slowly moving to my new Substack. It offers more options for the reader and is easier to manage … Continue reading →

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How to stop mega wildfires: Adopt Native land management practices

Posted on August 13, 2018 by Stephen Carr Hampton

Re-posing from my other blog: California apocalypse again: Large wildfires increasing with climate change

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The Case for Leonard Peltier

Posted on June 27, 2016 by Stephen Carr Hampton

Originally posted on Memories of the People:
Leonard Peltier is a Native American activist who currently sits in federal prison, serving two life terms for the murders of two FBI agents.  For the last four decades, Native Americans across the…

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day from the Choctaw Nation

Posted on March 17, 2016 by Stephen Carr Hampton

Here is a wonderful story of how the impoverished Choctaw Nation took up an offering and sent $170 to Ireland during the Great Potato Famine of 1847.  This monument to that act of charity stands in Ireland today.    

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Re-post: Malheur is now free of militants

Posted on February 11, 2016 by Stephen Carr Hampton

Here is my original post on the occupation. https://memoriesofthepeople.wordpress.com/2016/01/04/more-range-wars-and-white-privilege/  

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Chris Rock, the Academy Awards, and Native Americans

Posted on February 9, 2016 by Stephen Carr Hampton

With the Academy Awards under scrutiny for its all-white nominations, and Chris Rock schedule to host the awards show amid boycotts (he was schedule to be the host before the nominations came out), NPR interviews the 1491s about the The Revenant … Continue reading →

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A Dead Hawk-Owl, Native Americans, and Bird Conservation

Posted on January 31, 2016 by Stephen Carr Hampton

On December 30, 2015, Dan Waggoner, a bird-watcher, discovered a Northern Hawk-Owl near Brewster, Washington, on the Colville Reservation.  A charismatic bird, and very rare south of Canada, the news spread on social media, resulting in a steady flow of … Continue reading →

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Ammon Bundy Arrested!

Posted on January 26, 2016 by Stephen Carr Hampton

While on trip to John Day.  Shots were fired.  Details are just emerging: http://katu.com/news/local/leader-of-oregon-occupation-ammon-bundy-three-others-arrested Here is my original post on the day they took over Malhuer and the history of the Burns Paiute.

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Local Paper Publishes Thanksgiving Story about “Redskins”

Posted on November 27, 2015 by Stephen Carr Hampton

My town, Davis, is known as a liberal college town, a bastion of progressive thought.  Nevertheless, the local paper, the Davis Enterprise, published this editorial a few days ago. Here is my letter to the editor in reply: Dear Editor, … Continue reading →

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Native Americans try on Halloween Indian costumes

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Stephen Carr Hampton

This short video explains a lot in a 2 1/2 minutes. And this article explains who made the video and has links to two more.

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