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35 Times the US Trampled on Native American Rights
You probably know that the US has a pretty sordid history of its behavior toward the indigenous peoples who already lived on the land. It started centuries ago when explorers visited the…
American History
How the Plains Wars Were a Consequence of Brutal US Government Policies Against the Native Americans
As the United States Government sought to develop its economy after independence, the "Indian Question" posed a significant challenge to…
General
This Day In History: Many Indians are Killed At Wounded Knee (1890)
On this day in 1890, the last great confrontation in the long struggle between American and Native American tribes occurred.…
General
This Day In History: Sitting Bull Is Killed (1890)
One of the greatest Native Americans of the nineteenth century was killed on this day in 1890. Sitting Bull was…
General
This Day In History: Sitting Bull Surrenders
Five years after the Battle of Little Bighorn and the defeat of the US Cavalry under the command of George…