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As we celebrate #Juneteenth , it is important to remember that not all slaves were freed on June 19th, 1865. In Indian Territory, Blck slaves continued to be owned by
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During the Civil War, the Five Slaveholding Tribes aligned themselves with the Confederate States of America. In their treaties with the Confederacy, slavery was upheld and in the case of
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During slavery, not every Native tribe was friendly to Black slaves. It’s an inaccurate portrayal of the history of chattel slavery to promote the myth of the friendly Native American
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Just because someone’s family lived as a legally white person for generations, it does not mean that they are not Indigenous. Non-Black members of the Five Slaveholding Tribes we’re legally
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Real tired of the Treaty Rights of Freedmen being treated as an internal tribal matter. The hypocrisy in using those same Treaties in government to government federal court decisions and
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I want to share a few thoughts on why I'm loving #AlbertPike eating dirt. It's probably not for the reasons you think. Yes, he was a Confederate general (a terrible
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(This is the first of several related tweets dealing with tonight's tearing-down of the statute of Albert Pike)As a part Native American (Cherokee) I would like to weigh-in on the
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ThreadWhen I heard "THE SUPREME COURT JUST GAVE AWAY HALF OF OKLAHOMA!" I knew it was a lie.It took me exactly 30 seconds to prove that I'm right.https://www.tulsaworld.com/news/supreme-court-hands-oklahoma-a-loss-on-tribal-la
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Tulsa didn’t become “Black Wall Street” because a bunch of Black capitalists worked through Jim Crow to make a large amount of profit and found ways to build wealth in
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Today we mark the anniversary of the largest slave rebellion in South Carolina, The Stono Rebellion. On September 9th 1739 Jemmy aka Cato and 20 core group of warriors, who
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"While the communities of these high schools believe they are honoring Native Americans, there is a growing body of social science literature and empirical research that indicates there are harmful
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This month marks 100 years since the 19th Amendment became law. With @USNatArchives and @librarycongress, we're counting down #19SuffrageStories of women who worked for the vote—before and after 1920—through
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A thread on the composition of Swing Low, Sweet Chariot by “Uncle” Wallis Willis and “Aunt” Minerva Willis, enslaved people of African descent owned by Britt Willis, a Choctaw citizen.
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Starting my #SHA2021 day with #FOR5, "Dismantling Disaster Capitalism: What Does the New Green Deal Look Like for Archaeology?" Holly Norton starting with an explanation of Disaster Capitalism and its
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