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This interactive map, produced by University of Georgia historian Claudio Saunt to accompany his new book West of the Revolution: An Uncommon History of 1776, offers a time-lapse vision of the transfer of Indian land between 1776 and 1887. As blue “Indian homelands” disappear, small red areas appear, indicating the establishment of reservations. (Above is a GIF of the map’s
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See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations Every Indian head brought to Shasta City was worth five dollars. And California’s state treasury reimbursed many of the local governments for their expenses. There were some 150,000 Indians in California before the Forty-niners came. By 1870, there would be fewer than 30,000. It was the worst slaughter of Indian peoples in United States
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See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations Let’s set the scene. You walk into school/work/a halloween party and are having an awesome day cause it’s Halloween and you are wearing an awesome costume on that has something t… See on nativeappropriations.com
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See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations Twin Cities Daily Planet “I’m Not Your Indian Any More”: Over 40 years of American Indian Movement … See on www.tcdailyplanet.net
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