Tag Archives: Iroquois

Merciless savages: The Supreme Court’s attacks on women and Native Americans 

Posted on July 3, 2022 by Stephen Carr Hampton

In the majority opinion of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, the Supreme Court relied upon social and historical mores in the 18th and 19th century to interpret the US Constitution. Because Roe v. Wade, they argued, relied upon the 14th … 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… September 25, 1714… New York

Posted on September 25, 2013 by Stephen Carr Hampton

Three years and three days after the start of the Tuscarora War, on this date, the Five Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy negotiated the safe passage of the surviving refugees from North Carolina to New York.  The Iroquois informed the … Continue reading →

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