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The Long Peace

Via: community • History & Sociology • 6 Comments • 11 years ago

I found this video that gave a strong visual to death from wars, especially WWII, as well as some interesting commentary. Thought I would share it to give perspective....

Dakota 38 + 2 Wokiksuye

Via: 1stwarrior • History & Sociology • 8 Comments • 11 years ago

http://lastrealindians.com/dakota-38-2-wokiksuye-by-matt-remle/ On December 26th 1862, the United States Army hung 38 Dakota warriors in Makato, Minnesota. It was, and remains, the largest mass...

Hidden America: Children of the Plains

Via: 1stwarrior • History & Sociology • 2 Comments • 11 years ago

https://www.facebook.com/NativeAmericans2015/videos/458689957648420/?fref=nf An Indian boy who wants to be President of the U. S. - look at the adversities he will have to overcome.

Native Humor: Native Christmas Funnies and Memes

Via: 1stwarrior • History & Sociology • 1 Comments • 11 years ago

http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2015/12/25/native-humor-native-christmas-funnies-and-memes-162882 Dr. Coyote and Vincent Schilling 12/25/15 We hope everyone is having a...

Standing Bear American Indian Civil Rights Leader - ''I Am A Man'' Speech

Via: kavika • History & Sociology • 18 Comments • 11 years ago

In 1879 in a Nebraska courtroom, Standing Bear, a Ponca Indian helped change the identity of American Indians. Until that time Indians were not considered ''people'' and had NO RIGHTS under U.S....

December 1941 and 1944 - Two Epic Events That Changed History

Via: kavika • History & Sociology • 17 Comments • 11 years ago

December 7th, 1941, ''A Day That Will Live In Infamy''. The attack on Pearl Harbor. December 16th, 1944, The last great German Counteroffensive of WWII...''The Battle of the Bulge''. Within the...

NATIVE AMERICAN LEGENDS The Sand Creek Massacre

Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 10 Comments • 11 years ago

http://www.legendsofamerica.com/na-sandcreek.html Painting of the attack on Sand Creek, by Robert Lindneaux, 1936. The Sand Creek Massacre, occurring on November...

Race - The Power Of An Illusion

Via: johnrussell • History & Sociology • 15 Comments • 11 years ago

Robin D.G. Kelley is chair of the history department at New York University. He is also author of Race Rebels: Culture, Politics and the Black Working Class . What's the big deal about...

How Canada planned to invade the U.S. (and vice versa)

Via: buzz-of-the-orient • History & Sociology • 14 Comments • 11 years ago

How Canada planned to invade the U.S. (and vice versa) A new book offers an unintentional guide for Canada to conquer America. If, for some reason, we ever wanted to try to do that. By Zane...

Here’s The Truth About Thanksgiving That Liberals Don’t Want You To Know

Via: xxjefferson51 • History & Sociology • 1 Comments • 11 years ago

Here’s The Truth About Thanksgiving That Liberals Don’t Want You To Know As with much of modern American revisionist history, there really is much more to the story. Unknown November 26, 2015...

First Thanksgiving

Via: ambivalent • History & Sociology • 20 Comments • 11 years ago

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Do American Indians Celebrate Thanksgiving?

Via: 1stwarrior • History & Sociology • 19 Comments • 11 years ago

In thinking about my earliest memories of elementary school, I remember being asked to bring a brown paper sack to class so that it could be decorated and worn as part of the Indian costume...

Oprah Winfrey Show - "Racism in 1992" - Full Episode

Via: 1stwarrior • History & Sociology • 4 Comments • 11 years ago

Native American Heritage Month will "officially" end in 14 days - but the education of/about our peoples will continue through the ages. When I was the Native American Program...

THIS IS 1 OF THE MOST PIVOTAL BATTLES IN WORLD HISTORY

Via: xxjefferson51 • History & Sociology • 6 Comments • 11 years ago

Her beautiful, long hair was scalped off her head by Indians after she was shot. This was the fate of Jane McCrea, whose loyalist fiancé David Jones had only weeks earlier joined British General...

Native American Heritage Month - Rise of the 7th Generation

Via: 1stwarrior • History & Sociology • 14 Comments • 11 years ago

November is National Native American Heritage Month. Let us continue to celebrate our beautiful traditions, languages, songs, and way of life everyday. It is our thoughts, words, songs, stories,...

A SHORT HISTORY LESSON FOR THOSE WHO STILL DON'T GET IT

Via: 1stwarrior • History & Sociology • 5 Comments • 11 years ago

During the entire history of America until the turn of the twentieth century, Indigenous Americans were hunted, killed, and forcibly removed from their lands by European settlers.This includes the...

Badass of the Week - Commander Ernest Evans U.S. Navy - Medal of Honor Receipent

Via: kavika • History & Sociology • 5 Comments • 11 years ago

This is the true story of one of the largest naval engagements in history. The USS Johnston, and her sister ships desperate fight to save the ''baby flattops'' and the Marines and Soldiers on...

The True Story of Winnie the Pooh -- SHE was amazing!

Via: community • History & Sociology • 31 Comments • 11 years ago

Original article here: LINK The story of A. A. Milne's two books about his son, Christopher Robin, and his stuffed bear, Winnie The Pooh, illustrate sweet and tender moments of the...

For Halloween -- Top 10 Worst Humans of All Time!

Via: community • History & Sociology • 16 Comments • 11 years ago

In honor of the creepy, someone developed a list of the 10 top worst humans of all time! Watch the video below to learn who they are! Can you add to this list? Thanks for coming by!

Influence of 2nd Amendment ripples across globe

Via: xxjefferson51 • History & Sociology • 1 Comments • 11 years ago

In September of 1774, Dr. Joseph Warren wrote the Suffolk Resolves. British statesman Edmund Burke cited the Suffolk Resolves as a major development in colonial animosity, which eventually led to...

Soul Wound: The Legacy of Native American Schools

Via: kavika • History & Sociology • 48 Comments • 11 years ago

Media Relations Contacts Subscribe by RSS Soul Wound: The Legacy of Native American Schools Amnesty in the News March 26, 2007 Soul Wound: The Legacy of Native American...

1491 The Last 15 Minutes

Via: community • History & Sociology • 10 Comments • 11 years ago

DALLAS -- New technology has disproved one of many conspiracy theories surrounding John F. Kennedy's assassination, CBS DFW reports.

Via: lets-get-lost • History & Sociology • 3 Comments • 11 years ago

Researchers at Dartmouth College said a famous photo of accused John F. Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald holding a Marxist newspaper and a gun is authentic. They used a new digital image...

Kentucky in the Civil War, Introduction

Via: dowser • History & Sociology • 17 Comments • 11 years ago

This series of will be told from the point of view of my different ancestors, as they told their children and grandchildren, who told me. Ive gone back, all these years, and looked up the history...

Kentucky in the Civil War, Mary's Dinner

Via: dowser • History & Sociology • 41 Comments • 11 years ago

Although written in the form of a letter, this was a story told to my husband by his grandmother, who was the grandniece of Mary. ------------------------------------------------------ My dear...

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