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An allotment delegation approaches the Nez Perce

The Dawes Act

The 1887 passage of the Dawes Act upended this system of communal land ownership and, in doing so, struck a historic blow at Native Americans’ political rights, economic sufficiency, and cultural heritage.
… the United States owned their reservation lands as a community: families could settle, plant their crops, and own … The 1887 passage of the Dawes Act upended this system of communal land ownership and, in doing so, struck a historic … The 1887 passage of the Dawes Act upended this system of communal land ownership and, in doing so, struck a historic …
Bartolome De Las Casas.

Comparison of Imperialism and Globalization

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
World History since 1500
… lesson takes a critical look at modern day globalization by comparing it with 19th century European imperialism through … into a modern context, this seemingly difficult concept becomes much easier to understand for high school students. … overall. This can also help boost their understanding of complex terms. Files for Download: …

Canada’s Dark Side: Indigenous Peoples and Canada’s 150th Celebration

… Project ]. Canada’s Houses of Parliament (its House of Commons and the Senate chambers) sit on the unceded … even before treaties were signed, suggesting that expediency and opportunity trumped genuine regard for Indigenous … for 2018. Indeed, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s website “ Beyond 94 ” that tracks which of the …
Dreamcatchers shown against the sky

Re-storying the Experiences of Indigenous College Students

… Dr. Lucy Murphy  Hello, welcome to "Re-storying the Experiences of Indigenous College … Indigenous Arts and Humanities Grant and American Indian Studies at The Ohio State University. My name is Lucy Murphy. … and re-storying her indigenous ways of knowing, being and becoming. She is Southern Ute and holds dear the Native …
Marlin Stutzman US senate campaign, 2016 (Support a Balanced Budget Amendment)

An Amendment Whose Time Has Never Come

… to popular enthusiasm for a simplistic solution to fiscal complexities, a responsible minority treated the … checkbook where failure to limit household spending to income courted disaster. This analogy ignored the reality that … The repeated defeats of balanced budget amendments should come as no surprise. The Framers deliberately made amendment …
The Romanov Family

The Romanov Tercentenary: Commemoration, History, and Power

… Romanov, had been crowned “Tsar of all the Russias.” Services in Moscow capped a series of events commemorating the Romanovs’ tercentenary, in what proved to … deemed oppositional, the tsar brusquely cut him off. He welcomed supplicant peasant elders, but Kostroma was part of a …
A memorial to the Heaven’s Hundred in Kyiv. Serhii Kemsky’s photo is in black and white under the words Nebesna sotnia.

Heroes Never Die

… had a vision of Ukraine’s future. Born in Crimea , he studied political science in the western city of Lviv and came … just as quickly as these initiatives were organized, they died off when they were no longer necessary.   But these initiatives were heroic, and heroes never die. The legacy of these self-organized initiatives was that …
Rural school children looking at a globe in 1943.

The Debate That Won’t Die

… hibernation. The return of the problem today has been accompanied by its earlier logic. There is a striking … insisting that “the great principle is the right of every community to judge and decide for itself, whether a thing is … Florida State University and a writer for the History News Service. He is author, most recently, of "Henry Steele …
President Ronald Reagan in 1984.

Coming: Something New in Presidents

… important new biographical details to the traditional commander-in-chief profile. After having 43 presidents cut … between the ages of 42 and 78. They have invariably embodied conventional social choices (at least publicly). Almost … male with seven children and notable military and political service to his credit, McCain tries to be all about the …

Las raíces del estado de fallido venezolano

… entre 1974 a 1979  que en toda su historia independiente . De hecho, durante este tiempo,  Venezuela gozaba … y Buicks y la clase alta famosamente se lanzaba de compras a Miami donde eran conocidos como los del “dame … durante la administración de Rafael Caldera (1994-1999) que coincidió con los precios internacionales más bajos del …
Botanic Blooming sagebrush on the great plains

Why the Great Plains Are Dying

… and dry places, like much of the American West, will become even more parched. John Wesley Powell is rolling over … public land in the West that resulted from Powell’s report died a slow procedural death. Events proved Powell right, of … History News Service
 Monte Albán

Una Postal de Oaxaca, México

… impresionante, la ciudad de Oaxaca ofrece vistas de la compleja historia de México. En 1521, Hernán Cortés mando a … de la danza tradicional.  La Sierra Madre del Sur es como un paisaje a fondo de la ciudad colorida de Oaxaca. Los … Guerra Mundial, no habían muchas carreteras modernas que dieran servicio a los confines del sur del país. Asta hoy en …
European Union flag

The EU: Past, Present, and Future

… a century ago. Today, the EU faces an unprecedented combination of challenges, including a lingering economic … Patrick Potyondy   Welcome to History Talk the podcast that brings together a … each other, is incredibly, incredibly salient. It's no coincidence that one of the two capitals of the European …
Suffragettes protest for the right to vote

Prologued Podcast celebrating the 19th Amendment Centennial

… Welcome to Prologued ! Prologued is a serial podcast from … Take, for instance, Abigail Adams’s famous “Remember the Ladies” letter, in which she implored her husband, John Adams, … it into a vehicle which will organize a massive march to coincide with the first inauguration of President Woodrow …
a Black doctor talking with a Black woman and a female Black child

The Evolution of Medicine in the Black Community

How have African Americans faced and overcome medical oppression?
Grade Level
10
Teaching Area
US History since 1877
African American History
… How have African Americans faced and overcome medical oppression? … The Evolution of Medicine in the Black Community …
Book Cover for Great Lakes Creoles A French-Indian Community on the Northern Borderlands, Prairie du Chien, 1750–1860 By: Lucy Eldersveld Murphy,

12/1/2014: Hot off the Presses: Creoles and Borders

… Great Lakes Creoles: A French-Indian Community on the Northern Borderlands, Prairie du Chien, … "A case study of one of America's many multi-ethnic border communities, Great Lakes Creoles builds upon recent research … Great Lakes region." [Book description from the publisher's website ] …
a man kneeling down near tributes to fallen heroes

Heroes Never Die: The Legacies of Euromaidan

Emily Channell-Justice explores the goals and lived experiences of Ukraine’s watershed Euromaidan protests of 2013-14.
… is available at https://origins.osu.edu/read/heroes-never-die-ukraine. Video production by Svetlana Ter-Grigoryan, … by the College of Arts & Sciences Academic Technology Services. The Origins' editorial team includes: Editors … Heroes Never Die: The Legacies of Euromaidan …
firewalk path

Come Firewalk With Me

… TALKING ABOUT TODAY Come Firew-alk With Me by Bertie Bregman he evening began … Ken brought along his new girlfriend, whom he met on a commuter train early one mornrng. She had knocked him onto … said: "The way I see it, man, if you can walk on fire and come out OK, what the hell can't you do?" irewalking …

Killing the Arctic

… or the shrinking of the Aral Sea? These, too, rank as tragedies of the highest order. The Arctic, defined as the lowest … patterns in the south, Arctic meteorology has increasingly come to affect them. The Arctic’s terminal decline, then, … sun,” to borrow a phrase from the Canadian poet Robert Service, were joined by counterparts in North America, who …
Banksy mural of worker chipping star off EU flag

Brexit: Dividing the United Kingdom

… Union. Nearly three years, later, however, the final outcome of Brexit remains uncertain. And issues that affect the … changed? What were the political and economic forces that compelled the UK to join the EU in the first place? What … Dream? , Treating the Symptoms: Northern Ireland’s Incomplete Peace , and The EU: Past, Present, and Future . ( …
Bird's-eye-view of the 1993 border blockade enacted by CBP Border Patrol agents in El Paso, Texas as part of Operation Hold the Line.

Fortificación de la frontera entre EEUU y México: el experimento “Hold the Line” de 1993

… Joe Biden defendió un acuerdo fronterizo bipartidista como “el conjunto de reformas de seguridad fronteriza más … desplegar máquinas avanzadas de detección de drogas para combatir la entrada de fentanilo, responsable, según él, de … operación expresaron que ya era hora de que  México comprendiera que tenía que cuidar de los suyos. Sin embargo, otros …

Dry Days Down Under: Australia and the World Water Crisis

… is a self-reinforcing event. How, we should ask, has it come to all this? Australia's water woes are, in part, a … The Federation Drought (1895-1903)—so named because it coincided with Australia's birth as an independent and … 91 million to 54 million—and almost 5 million cattle died. In 1903, horrifying dust storms raged. Similar major …