Tag Archives: Custer

“White history” on the northern Plains: How the word is not passed

Posted on June 7, 2023 by Stephen Carr Hampton

Full disclosure – I am working on a book. It covers Native history and how it is told today. We can put books about Native history into four categories: 1) older books written by white historians, where Natives are “Indians” … Continue reading →

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Intergenerational supremacy: The straight line from pioneers to poor white support for Trump

Posted on November 8, 2020 by Stephen Carr Hampton

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 →

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Paha Sapa, Custer’s Last Stand, Mt. Rushmore, and Wounded Knee: A history of the Black Hills in one diagram

Posted on July 2, 2020 by Stephen Carr Hampton

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 →

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White supremacy and the vulnerability of peaceful villages

Posted on March 23, 2019 by Stephen Carr Hampton

In recent days, Donald Trump has threatened domestic violence against “the left”. In an interview with Breitbart, he said, “I can tell you I have the support of the police, the support of the military, the support of the Bikers … 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… 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… August 27, 1874… South Dakota

Posted on August 27, 2013 by Stephen Carr Hampton

The Chicago newspaper declared:  “GOLD!  The Glittering Treasure Found at Last…  A Belt of Gold Territory Thirty Miles Wide.”  The article was leaking the news from an illegal US Army expedition into the Great Sioux Reservation. The reservation, delineated by … Continue reading →

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