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Tag Archives: Native American history
On this date… January 26, 1700… Washington
Based on records in Japan and ghost forests and sediment cores in Washington, we know that, at around 9pm on this date in the year 1700, the Cascadia earthquake struck the Pacific Northwest, sending a tsunami to Japan, the Philippines, … Continue reading
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Tagged Cascadia, earthquake, makah, Native American history, thunderbird, tsunami, whale
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On this date… December 29… Pennsylvania, Georgia, South Dakota
A lot happened on December 29th. In 1790, President George Washington told the Seneca that, at the Treaty of Fort Stanwix, the US government assured them that “in future you cannot be defrauded of your lands. That you possess the … Continue reading
On this date… November 6, 1755… Pennsylvania
On this date in 1755, the Delaware leader Shingas paused at the mouth of Loyalhanna Creek during his raids on English homesteads and addressed his prisoners: “I do not want to carry on the war against the English and am … Continue reading
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Tagged Braddock, Delaware, Loyalhanna, Native American history, Shingas
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On this date… November 3, 1875… Washington, D.C.
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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Tagged Black Hills, Crazy Horse, Crook, Custer, Hearst, Homestake Mine, Mt. Rushmore, Native American history, Paha Sapa, Sioux, Ulysses Grant
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On this date… October 7, 1763… London
On this date in 1763, the King drew a line across America. It ran along the crest of the Appalachians from Vermont to Georgia. West of that line was the Indian Reserve. The American colonists were not allowed to cross … Continue reading
On this date… September 8, 1858… Washington
On this date in 1858, the US Army under Colonel George Wright began executing nine-hundred horses of the Yakama, Palus, and Spokane tribes. Their bones can still be found today along the Spokane River near Liberty Lake. … Continue reading
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Tagged horses, Native American history, Reservation Blues, Sherman Alexie, Spokane, Wright
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The World Cup, the Ball Game, and the Little Brother of War
They say is closes the shops, schools, and businesses, starts and stops wars, and fully engulfs societies on game days. But the drama and passions of the World Cup are far from unique. In the 1600s, the Ball Game in … Continue reading
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Tagged ball game, ceremony, football, futbol, little brother of war, Native American history, ritual, soccer, World Cup
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On this date… June 1, 1773… Georgia
Many people believe that Europeans took the land from Native Americans by military conquest. That was almost never the case. On this date in 1773, the Creek and Cherokee signed over 2.5 million acres of land to the British to … Continue reading
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Tagged Cherokee, Creek, Georgia history, Native American history, Treaty of Augusta
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On this date… May 21, 1542… Mississippi River
On this date in 1542, Hernando De Soto, the explorer, the invader, the pillager, the rapist, died somewhere along the Mississippi River. Fearing his grave would be desecrated, his body, bedecked in armor, was released into the current to sink … Continue reading
On this date… May 12, 1879… Nebraska
On this date in 1879, a US judge declared that “an Indian is a person” and may not be imprisoned (so long as they renounce their Indian ways). Following two decades of some of the most genocidal “extermination” policies, the … Continue reading
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