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The many voices that called for Native genocide: A collection of quotes from the United States

Posted on December 5, 2024 by Stephen Carr Hampton

Below is a collection of quotes, mostly from politicians and newspapers, calling for or describing the genocide of Native Americans, from 1832 to 1891. That word didn’t evolve until the Holocaust. In the 1800s, the word was simply “extermination.” On … Continue reading →

Posted in my own thoughts | Tagged ethnic cleansing, extermination, genocide, Holocaust, indians, native americans, Native history, redskins, US history, William Clark | 4 Comments

Book Review: Rebecca Nagle’s ‘By the Fire We Carry’ burns bright

Posted on November 8, 2024 by Stephen Carr Hampton

Like Rebecca Nagle, I remember that Monday morning in July, 2020, glued to my laptop, waiting for news from SCOTUSblog. My first indication of the McGirt decision was a tweet from Nagle exclaiming that Gorsuch authored the decision. That was … Continue reading →

Posted in my own thoughts | Tagged book review, By the Fire We Carry, Cherokee, history, Indian removal act, indigenous, McGirt, native american, native americans, Native history, Rebecca Nagle, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Trail of Tears | Leave a comment

Another Native mass burial site hidden in plain sight

Posted on October 20, 2024 by Stephen Carr Hampton

Last week I saw one of the largest mass burial sites in the United States. It is unmarked. The location is the fields among the rolling hills and gentle pastures just south of Charleston, Tennessee. This is where 9,032 Cherokees … Continue reading →

Posted in my own thoughts | Tagged Cherokee, concentration camp, detachments, ethnic cleansing, Fort Cass, genocide, georgia, history, mass burial, mass grave, NAGPRA, native americans, stockade, Tennessee, Trail of Tears | 8 Comments

The 2020 US Census: Where did all the new Native Americans come from?

Posted on April 5, 2023 by Stephen Carr Hampton

Comparing the 2020 census to the 2010 census, the Native American population nearly doubled. Where did all these new Natives come from? The 2020 US Census reported dramatic increases, relative to 2010, in all non-white populations. This was overwhelmingly driven … Continue reading →

Posted in news | Tagged 2010, 2020, blood quantum, census, mixed race, mixed relationships, native americans, Pretendians | Leave a comment

A reverse land acknowledgment: Place names honor ethnic cleansing and slavery

Posted on April 4, 2022 by Stephen Carr Hampton

I live in Port Townsend, Jefferson County, Washington. It was originally called qatáy by the S’Klallam, a place with a small lagoon and a series of freshwater ponds that allowed for kayak portages from Puget Sound to the Strait of Juan … Continue reading →

Posted in land acknowledgments | Tagged bird names, birds, cass, Chetzemoka, chimacum, chinese gardens, ethnic cleansing, genocide, history, honor, Indian removal act, indigenous, Jackson, land acknowledgement, land acknowledgment, lincoln, morton, names, Native, Native American history, native americans, polk, port townsend, Rainier, s'klallam, Sioux, slavery, street, townshend | 3 Comments

From Afghan interpreters to Apache scouts and beyond: White America’s non-white allies are enemies until proven otherwise

Posted on August 20, 2021 by Stephen Carr Hampton

Afghanistan This week the world was horrified to see images of 640 men, women, and children crowded into the hold of a US military cargo plane on the tarmac in Kabul, while hundreds ran alongside the plane as it took … Continue reading →

Posted in news | Tagged afghanistan, apache, bin laden, Boston, C-17, C17, Crook, Deer Island, Exile, florida, geronimo, immigrant, Kabul, King Phillip's War, miles, native american, Native American history, native americans, prison, refugee, scouts, SIV, trump | Leave a comment

Not always but mostly: Native Americans living in harmony with nature

Posted on December 11, 2020 by Stephen Carr Hampton

It’s often said that Native Americans have always lived in harmony with nature, understanding how to live sustainably with Mother Earth. This is partially a myth, but one that we embrace, because it is very much our goal today to … Continue reading →

Posted in my own thoughts | Tagged buffalo, climate, columbia, harmony with nature, Karuk, manifest destiny, Mother Earth, native americans, noble savage, restoration, Yurok | Leave a comment

Hysterectomies and forced sterilization, again, Native Americans remember

Posted on September 18, 2020 by Stephen Carr Hampton

With forced hysterectomies of immigrant refugees in the news, Native Americans remember. Between 1970 and 1976, as the forced boarding schools were declining, physicians of the Indian Health Service sterilized at least a quarter of Native American women between the … Continue reading →

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The strange truth about smallpox and Native Americans

Posted on June 15, 2019 by Stephen Carr Hampton

Did Europeans deliberately give smallpox-infected blankets to Native Americans? Absolutely. There is one proven case and many other suspicious ones. But the largest smallpox outbreak, the one that killed possibly hundreds of thousands of Natives, started during the Revolutionary War. … Continue reading →

Posted in my own thoughts | Tagged Amherst, biological warfare, blankets, Comanche, disease, epidemic, fenn, indians, infection, inoculation, mather, native americans, Onesimus, plague, puget sound, Shoshone, smallpox, war, winter count | 3 Comments

How reparations could work: Using the US’s past affirmative action for whites as a model

Posted on April 9, 2019 by Stephen Carr Hampton

Reparations for on-going injustices against Native and African Americans are entirely feasible. Historic government programs for white people serve as a model. The giant Monopoly game Imagine the US economy thru history as a giant Monopoly game. In the beginning, … Continue reading →

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