Thursday, July 18, 2013

Jeanette "Granny" Gardner: A Living Bridge

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T he 1930's was a pivital time for the Stockbridge Mohicans.  In the political sphere, the Indian New Deal gave them a chance to rega...
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Thursday, July 11, 2013

American Indian Gothic

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Have you seen American Indian Gothic before? It is part of the Smithsonian art collection and when you find it online it comes with ...
Tuesday, April 16, 2013

The Atlas of Great Lakes Indian History

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It can be a lot easier to learn history if maps are avaliable.  That is a central premise of a book that can be very helpful to anybody t...
Friday, April 12, 2013

Carlisle Fools Harvard: The Hidden Ball Trick

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P ictured above is Jim Thorpe, known as the greatest athlete of all time.  He played football for the Carlisle Indians before going on to ...
Monday, April 1, 2013

Louis Leroy - One of the "Real All Americans"

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A dmittedly the reputation of Lance Armstrong has suffered; not only from his cheating, but also from the fact that he lied about it.  Ne...
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

A Different Perspective on St. Joseph's Industrial School from Elaine Doxtator Raddatz

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It is now taught in K-12 scoial studies classes that Native American boarding schools were " tools of enforced assimilation ."  An...
Wednesday, January 30, 2013

The Many Trails Symbol and a pdf about the "Folk Art" of Wisconsin Indians

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Richard March of the Wisconsin Arts Board (now retired) developed an apprenticeship progran in the mid-1980's that facitated the process...
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Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Appenoose Declines Mission Opportunity

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It may come as a surprise to many, but the Stockbridge Mohicans were such devout Christians that they initiated a mission trip to thei...
Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians - Anton Treuer's New Book

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Wow!  I really would be afraid to ask a lot of the questions that make up the headings of Anton Treuer's new book.  Here's a sampl...
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Friday, September 28, 2012

Oneida Language Resource from UW Digital Collections

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The Wisconsin Oneida Language Preservation Project is part of the University of Wisconsin's Digital Collections. Contents include ...
Friday, August 31, 2012

Mohican News Features the Latest Pow-Wow

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The Mohican News has a new reporter.  Mark Shaw was the grandson of Virgil Murphy, a former tribal chairman.  Mark told me that he took abo...
Friday, August 24, 2012

ACH Centennial Edition: The War of 1812 - Part I

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This engraving, taken from Encyclopedia Brittanica Online depicts the Battle of the Thames, a decisive victory for the United States over t...