Saturday, February 28, 2009

Some Wept Aloud

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A Meeting of Reconciliation and the Allegations of Robert Konkapot If 1829 is the correct date, this would be the church building at Grand...
Friday, February 27, 2009

WI State Journal Series: Down to a Whisper

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The Wisconsin State Journal has done us a great service by running a series of articles about Wisconsin's Native languages, especially ...
Thursday, February 26, 2009

A Genealogical Puzzler

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A reader sent me an e-mail hoping that I could help him with a genealogical "dead-end," that he admits is "certainly a long...
Monday, February 23, 2009

More About the Munsees

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New York Indian Removal, Part XIII: More About the Munsees This flag represents the cultural preservation of the Munsee Delaware Indians. I...
Sunday, February 22, 2009

Airlift to Wounded Knee

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I n the first couple months of this blog, one of my readers told me that his favorite book was The Island at the Center of the World . So la...
Saturday, February 21, 2009

The First Permanent Split in the Stockbridge Tribal Church

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New York Indian Removal, Part XII: The First Permanent Split in the Stockbridge Tribal Church An understanding of this post depends upon my ...
Thursday, February 19, 2009

Munsee Removal and the Quinneys' Perspective

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New York Indian Removal, Part XI: Munsee Removal and the Quinneys' Perspective This painting of Austin E. Quinney is owned by the Wisc...
Tuesday, February 17, 2009

The Need for a Constitution

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New York Indian Removal, Part X: The Need for a Constitution This map of the Wisconsin Territory (from the David Rumsey Map collection) sh...
Monday, February 16, 2009

Ellis Describes More Negotiations

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New York Indian Removal, Part IX: Ellis Describes More Negotiations Let's back up a little ways. Remember the treaties of 1821 and 1822?...
Sunday, February 15, 2009

The Disaffected Party

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New York Indian Removal, Part VIII: The Disaffected Party In an 1869 sermon , Rev. L. P. Norcross said it started with the theft of a cow. J...
Saturday, February 14, 2009

Crime and Punishment

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The event that Deacon John Metoxen would later describe as what set the Stockbridge Mohicans down the wrong path (Marsh to Green, May 28, 18...
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Friday, February 13, 2009

Sergeant's Ordination

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W e've already seen 1. The Housatonics Accept a Mission 2. Sergeant Meets the Indians and 3. The Mission is Approved by the Mohicans Wha...