The Dakota War of 1862 was a brief conflict between the Dakota people of Minnesota and settlers. Lasting only five … More
Author: Michael Ruark
For the better souls of our nature. That no harm will come. Peace of a Planet
a command to follow the ‘millat’ (creed) of Abraham
The Quran contains a number of verses which include a command for all believers to follow the ‘millat’ of Abraham, … More
Big Timbers
Big Timbers is a wooded riparian area in Colorado along both banks of the Arkansas River that is famous as a campsite for native American tribes and … More
Colorado War stole eastern CO from the Indians
The Colorado War was an Indian War fought in 1864 and 1865 between the Southern Cheyenne, Arapaho, and allied Brulé and Oglala Sioux (or Lakota) peoples versus the U.S. army, Colorado militia, … More
List of the 108 wars involving the United States
1775-1783: The American Revolutionary War, also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, secured American independence from Great Britain. Fighting began on April 19, … More
Dearfield, CO – a colony for African Americans
Dearfield is a ghost town and a historically black majority settlement in Weld County, Colorado, United States. It is 30 miles (48 km) east of Greeley. The town … More
BIG TREASURES IN TIBET
Muslim invaders drove out Indian scholars to Tibet Muslim invaders destroyed Buddhist monasteries of Udandapura and Vikramasila (In Bihar region) … More
The Life of Saint Issa
This document is the most talked about document concerning the idea of Jesus traveling to India during his ‘missing years’. … More
Colonia Dignidad – “state within a state”
Colonia Dignidad (“Dignity Colony”) was an isolated colony of Germans established in post-World War II Chile by emigrant Germans which became notorious for the internment, … More
Himyar – Jewish kingdom on the Red Sea in Arabia
In these turbulent times in the Middle East, I have found myself working on the rise and fall of a late … More
Kingdom of Hejaz
The Hashemite Kingdom of Hejaz (Arabic: المملكة الحجازية الهاشمية, Al-Mamlakah al-Ḥijāziyyah Al-Hāshimiyyah) was a state in the Hejaz region in the Middle East that included the western portion … More
‘branches of the Semitic family, Arabs and Jews’
The Faisal–Weizmann Agreement was a 3 January 1919 agreement between Emir Faisal, the third son of Hussein ibn Ali al-Hashimi, King of the short-lived Kingdom … More
Colonial Empires
A colonial empire is a collective of territories (often called colonies), either contiguous with the imperial center or located overseas, settled by the population of a … More
Thanksgiving Day wasn’t always in November
Thanksgiving always falls on the fourth Thursday in November. The date changes, but the day of the week never does. … More
The Hopis of Alcatraz
On the rainy morning of January 3, 1895, a group of Hopi men waited on San Francisco’s Clay Street wharf … More
The Message of the Hopi at the United Nations
The presentation by Mr Thomas Banyacya, the final speaker, was preceded by three shouts by Oren Lyons, Faithkeeper of the … More
Hopi History, 1906
The Hopi have lived in a number of autonomous farming villages in northern Arizona for thousands of years. The designation … More
The Oraibi Split 1850-1906
In 1906 three Hopi mesas faced off with each other under the argument of Westernization. Each mesa had different motivations … More
The Oldest Mountain Range
The Makhonjwa Mountains are a range of small mountains and hills that covers an area of 120 by 60 kilometres (75 by … More
Lake Zaysan – the oldest lake on Earth
Lake Zaysan is undoubtedly one of the oldest bodies of water on the planet. Its exact age is so difficult … More
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