Tag Archives: Native American history

One Grandmother Works to Save Her Language

Posted on January 23, 2016 by Stephen Carr Hampton

This ten-minute documentary tells the story of Marie Wilcox, the last fluent speaker of the Wukchumni language and the dictionary she created in an effort to keep her language alive.

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More Range Wars and White Privilege

Posted on January 4, 2016 by Stephen Carr Hampton

I woke up this morning to the news that heavily-armed white ranchers (some call them “yeehawdists”) had taken over Malheur National Wildlife Refuge near Burns, Oregon. This is one of the premier wildlife refuges in the West; I had visited … Continue reading →

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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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On this date… November 3, 1892… Oklahoma

Posted on November 2, 2015 by Stephen Carr Hampton

On this date in 1892, Ned Christie was killed by US marshals asserting federal sovereignty on Cherokee land.  Ned Christie, branded a Cherokee outlaw, had been on the run for five and a half years.  On this morning, he had … Continue reading →

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Columbus Gets the Ax

Posted on October 13, 2015 by Stephen Carr Hampton

In an artistic display of rebellion, a statue of Christopher Columbus in Detroit (the old French fort between the Haudensaunee Confederacy and the Anishinaabe) was decorated with an ax to the forehead, complete with fake blood. This is reminiscent of … Continue reading →

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The Slave Trade that Textbooks Ignore

Posted on October 6, 2015 by Stephen Carr Hampton

The release of new textbooks in Texas, which diminish the African slave trade by describing the slaves in the US as “workers” or “immigrants”, has sparked outcry.  Many have commented that this is a classic attempt at erasure, to erase the … Continue reading →

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Protest Vandalism by Native Americans Considered a Hate Crime Against Spanish Missionaries

Posted on September 29, 2015 by Stephen Carr Hampton

In a surprising twist, the victims of genocide, who vandalized statues and gravestones of their ancestor’s oppressors, may be charged with a hate crime. The incident occurred last weekend at the Spanish mission in Carmel in the wake of the … Continue reading →

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Our Shared History of Violence

Posted on September 25, 2015 by Stephen Carr Hampton

Sherman Alexie discusses the impact of history on children today.

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A Facebook Discussion Puts the Makah Whale Hunt on Trial

Posted on July 27, 2015 by Stephen Carr Hampton

There are just a few days left to comment on granting permission to the Makah to resume their hunt of the gray whale.  Summary information is available here.   Written comment on the alternatives will be accepted at makah2015deis.wcr@noaa.gov.  THE DEADLINE … 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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