1781, adopting (1787) a new constitution that went into effect after 1789. The nation soon began to expand westward. Growing tensions over the issue of black slavery divided the country along geographic lines, sparking the secession of the South and the Civil War (1861-1865). The remainder ...
Encyclopedia of American Indian Civil RightsEncyclopedia of American Indian Civil Rights - 1997, Page iii Read Encyclopedia of American Indian Civil Rights now at Questia.By James S. OlsonMark Baxter et al
Individual demands for equality and civil rights are central themes in U.S. history and American Indian people are no exception. They have had to deal with white racism and its expression in local and national political institutions while trying to define the rights of individual Indians vis- -...
After theUnion’svictory over the Confederacy, the Civil Rights Act of 1866 made African Americans full U.S. citizens, andReconstructionbegan to bring the South back into the Union. Over the next five years, the 11 states of theConfederacywere readmitted into the Union and made some strides ...
In this lack of solidarity is the secret of Indian military weakness. In no Indian war in the history of the United States has a single large tribe ever united in solid resistance, while on the other hand other tribes have always been found to join against the hostiles. Among the Natchez...
The American Indian Movement was a militant protest group born in 1968 during the 1960's Protest Era. Influenced by the Black Panthers, its goal...
Biden. “South Asians represent the second-most rapidly growing demographic group in America. In this critical election year, the South Asian community has a stake in key policy questions that affect our communities, and are deeply impacted by issues spanning immigration, civil rights, and health...
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Yamasee War, (1715–16), in British-American colonial history, conflict between Indigenous Americans, mainly Yamasee, and British colonists in the southeastern area of South Carolina, resulting in the collapse of Indigenous power in that area. Embittered by settlers’ encroachment upon their land ...
The True History of the Conquest of Mexico (the complete Keatinge English translation) by Bernal Diaz del Castillo PICS OF VARIOUS INDIAN "SPIRITUAL" RITES: Aztec Fire Sacrifice.Burned alive! Aztec Skull Rack.The Spanish destroyed these in short order. ...