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… across the United States owned their reservation lands as a community: families could settle, plant their crops, and own … colloquially known as the Dawes Act, upended this system of communal land ownership and, in doing so, struck a historic … Native peoples would never, in the view of Dawes and his audience, reach the threshold of civilization. This view …

… for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this content do not necessarily … Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle  Hello, and welcome to Ideas of Race and Racism in History brought to you … geographies, political ecology, science and technology studies and tribal cultural resource preservation. Smiles …

… to the long list of assaults enacted on the Native American community, put alongside boarding schools, forbidden … policy and prompted her exploration into this topic. Few studies before hers have investigated the relationship between … construct Native American groups. Stage 2 introduced a “competency” policy wherein those who were deemed “competent” …

… as they have from the furor last summer triggered by comments about Beijing’s human rights record made by Bob … Eisner, are individuals who otherwise have little in common. Nonetheless, looking back over the last twelve … of California, Irvine, a writer for the History News Service and the author of "China's Brave New World -- And …

… Russie Unie, soutenu par Vladimir Poutine. Le Parti communiste arrive en second avec seulement 11 % des voix, … négative du régime soviétique. Par son passé au sein des services secrets, Poutine peut en effet être perçu comme un … d'ancrage social sans modifier pragmatiquement la vie quotidienne des citoyens, d'où l'insistance portée sur le …

… WWII, the United States began to boldly pursue a global community modeled upon American political, economic, and … did in the aftermath of the Opium Wars? Or was it simply a coincidence? As Dr. Bradford made clear during our … half million refugees, hundreds of thousands of people have died from war and conflict and instability, Afghanistan has …

… of the sort espoused by Richard Rorty. The maneuver is a common one from the perspective of positivism. In The … monstrous infamy that is antisemitism. But it is useless, completely useless.” However, Lipstadt stops short of … Memory ( right ). I find this lamentable, because Lipstadt comes very close to finding the middle-ground solution …

… of 2013. Thanks to the explosion of electronic forms of communication, even since the election of Benedict in 2005, … the traditionally regal manner of Benedict. The dizzying combination of medieval ritual and pageantry with flashing cell phones and … Medieval …

… of U.S. entry into World War I. But, as the world commemorates the centennial of the war, U.S. events have … us to learn why World War I is remembered so differently in combatant countries, what the war's most important … Jessica Vinas-Nelson   Welcome to History Talk the podcast that brings together a …

… free consent of over 500 rangatira (chiefs) and the tribal communities they represented. A 1939 reconstruction of the … from a British colony to an independent nation-state, becoming increasingly diverse, with over a quarter of its … Day now needs to serve as a symbol for all these different communities. In contrast with many other countries, New …

… Useful for a Change: Historians and Modern Tribal Communities" Wednesday, March 26 at The  Ohio State … can academic historians engage with modern Native American communities in the United States?  He is a storyteller, and … Rather, for academics-turned-consultants, the target audience is lawyers and judges.  The real question is how can …

… U.S. general killed in World War II, are not names that come to mind for most people.   That's because this is not … Indian history, arts and crafts, and the national tragedies of the 19th century. This is important material, but … (Kiowa) was killed in action with 42 decorations on a service record that reached back to World War II.   Their …

… When Billy Graham died in February of this year, many of the tributes referred … influenced preaching in the decades since. Three important components of Graham’s outreach in particular were … icon of a new era. Offering English- and Spanish-language services, Lakewood Church in Houston, TX has one of the …

… the cable news networks waited to report the outcome … and waited and waited and waited. Much to the … and funding. In 1930, the BBC had only a rudimentary news service and did not yet have a separate News Department. … content presented in such a way as to attract the largest audience. In such a context, it is not surprising that the BBC …

… The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee will vote early in March on the Bush … organizations. Months later, the decomposed and mutilated bodies of three civil rights martyrs — James Cheney, Andrew … By any reasonable standard, they disqualify him from service on the appellate court. In the 1970s he worked with …

… The Italian media mogul, Italy’s richest man, is now the incoming prime minister. How could that not be worrisome for democracy? Politicians and political parties come and go. That’s the democratic way. But Silvio … in Fascist Italy" (1981) and a writer for the History News Service. …

… are also experiencing moderate to severe drought, and this comes on the heels of a very dry decade. This long drought … on everyone’s mind is when will this dry period finally come to an end and rainfall return to normal—and just what … we are experiencing now. Long dry stretches during the Medieval centuries (especially between 900 and 1350 CE) had …

… enslaved Africans generated tremendous wealth for an elite community of slave owners, slave traders, and political … enslaved individuals and their descendants petitioned for compensation, recognition, and material support, known today … for Slavery and the Slave Trade: A Transnational and Comparative History chronicles the history of the …

… attends Operation Plumbbob as Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, 1968 (left). The nuclear reactors at the Hanford … electricity and perform other modern miracles. His speech coincided with a push to develop nuclear power at Hanford. … but in reality private firms came to rely on federal subsidies while they complained about excessive regulation. The …