Tag: history
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Lincoln to King: the next Great Emancipator
A river of emotion swells in me as a little-girl version of my voice overflows, singing with the marchers who are on their way to the Lincoln Memorial for a celebration of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation that freed the slaves, and “the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.” We…
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Thanksgiving Days
When I was in college, each time that I drove on the interstate highway past a certain Indian reservation, I couldn’t understand why I couldn’t see it. I repeatedly looked at maps to verify that I was looking in the right place. I could not see teepees anywhere. Watercolor painting by Karl Bodmer 1832-1834 This…
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Reblog: Columbus, the Indians, and Human Progress by Howard Zinn
Originally posted on Dandelion Salad: Image by Anthony Catalano via Flickr by Howard Zinn Featured Writer Dandelion Salad October 12, 2009 An excerpt from A People’s History of the United States. Arawak men and women, naked, tawny, and full of wonder, emerged from their villages onto the island’s beaches and swam out to get a…
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Cultural Freedom
Traditional Chief of the Onondaga Nation, Todadaho Sid Hill addresses the Ninth Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues April 2010 By Broddi Sigurðarson [CC-BY-SA-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons I struggle to resolve my issue of wanting my ethnic neighbors to perpetuate their culture of origin so they can flourish in all their…
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