Nearly two dozen states have moved to restrict abortion or ban it altogether since the reversal of Roe v. Wade — meaning more people, … More
Category: Knowledge
turtle nests in LA for the first time in 75 years
The world’s smallest and most endangered sea turtles have hatched in Louisiana’s wilds for the first known time in more than 75 … More
ALONG THE JORDAN RIVER
Kristen Burckhartt felt overwhelmed. She needed time to reflect, to let it sink in that she had just briefly soaked … More
Opelousas massacre
The Opelousas massacre, which began on September 28, 1868, was one of the bloodiest massacres of the Reconstruction era in the United States. … More
Colfax massacre
The Colfax massacre, sometimes referred to by the euphemism Colfax riot, occurred on Easter Sunday, April 13, 1873, in Colfax, Louisiana, the parish seat of Grant Parish. … More
White Supremacy, Terrorism, Reconstruction
Reconstruction failed in the United States because white Southerners who were opposed to it effectively used violence to undermine Black … More
Inanna – goddess of love, war, and fertility
Inanna is an ancient Mesopotamian goddess of love, war, and fertility. She is also associated with beauty, sex, justice, and political power. She … More
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP or DOTROIP) is a legally non-binding resolution passed by the United Nations in 2007. It delineates and defines … More
Dum Diversas – Pope commanded murder
Dum Diversas (english: Until different) is a papal bull issued on 18 June 1452 by Pope Nicholas V. It authorized Afonso V of Portugal to conquer Saracens and pagans and consign … More
Aztlán – Aztecs lived in North America originally
Aztlán (also spelled Aztlan or sometimes Aztalan) is the name of the mythical homeland of the Aztecs, the ancient Mesoamerican … More
Madoc – 300 years before Columbus
Madoc, also spelled Madog, ab Owain Gwynedd was, according to folklore, a Welsh prince who sailed to America in 1170, over three hundred years before Christopher Columbus’s … More
Muslims in America a century before Protestants
The first words to pass between Europeans and Americans (one-sided and confusing as they must have been) were in the … More
When Mormons dressed up as Indians to kill
The Mountain Meadows Massacre (September 7–11, 1857) was a series of attacks during the Utah War that resulted in the mass murder of at least 120 … More
Bear River Massacre
The Bear River Massacre, or the Engagement on the Bear River, or the Battle of Bear River, or Massacre at Boa Ogoi, took place … More
James “Scotty” Philip
James “Scotty” Philip (30 April 1858 – 23 July 1911) was a Scottish-born American rancher and politician in South Dakota, remembered as the “Man who saved the Buffalo” … More
Charles Jesse Jones, known as “Buffalo Jones”
Charles Jesse Jones, known as “Buffalo Jones” (January 31, 1844 – October 1, 1919), was an American frontiersman, farmer, rancher, hunter, and conservationist. He cofounded Garden City, Kansas. He … More
Charles Allard, the buffalo king
Charles Allard (Charles Allard, Sr 1852-1896) was born Aug 29 1852 Gervais Oregon. He first married Emerance Brown (1860 – 1887) She was the daughter of … More
Samuel Walking Coyote – saved the buffalo
This native had several names, depends on whose doing the talking. Indian Sam/Samuel, also known by Sam Wells/Welles, Indian Sam Wellew, … More
U.S. seized 1.5 billion acres from native peoples
Between 1776 and the present, the United States seized some 1.5 billion acres from North America’s native peoples, an area … More
Copts – indigenous to North Africa
Copts (Coptic: ⲛⲓⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ niremənkhēmi; Arabic: الْقِبْط al-qibṭ) are a Christian ethnoreligious group indigenous to North Africa who have primarily inhabited the area of modern Egypt and Sudan since antiquity. Most ethnic Copts are Coptic Orthodox Christians. They are … More
Michael Ruark 