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The California missions: A lot worse than most people realize

Posted on February 2, 2022 by Stephen Carr Hampton

It’s dawned on me that the California’s missions were a lot worse that most people realize—objectively a cross between the ISIS theocratic state and Nazi concentration camps. Call it California’s Gulag Archipelago. European visitors at the time were horrified by … Continue reading →

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Double standards: How white bureaucracy ramps up when Native Americans are involved

Posted on September 30, 2021 by Stephen Carr Hampton

It’s often been said that the most powerful people in government are not the leaders, but the low-level bureaucrats that actually run government programs and implement the law. In a settler colonial society dominated by implicit white supremacy – the … Continue reading →

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Land acknowledgement: San Fernando Valley, California

Posted on December 28, 2019 by Stephen Carr Hampton

I grew up and lived here for 18 years, near the southwest edge of the San Fernando Valley. My mom is still in my childhood house. This is where Tongva and Chumash land meet. In 1542 Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo claimed all … Continue reading →

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