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SOURCE: ‘Supreme Court Rules Cherokee Nation Is Barred from Suing to Enforce Treaties’ for eji.org (Equal Justice Initiative)
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#WhiteSupremacy bullshit
#NativeAmericanGenocide

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Cherokee Nation v. Georgia: The Case That Predated the Trail of Tears In Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831), the Supreme Court ruled that it did not have jurisdiction over a dispute between Georgia and the Cherokee Nation.

"...prevent the laws from going into effect.” SOURCE: ‘Cherokee Nation v. Georgia: The Case and Its Impact,’ by Elianna Spitzer, updated on November 04, 2020, for Thought Co
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#NativeAmericanGenocide

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Equal Justice Initiative EJI works to end mass incarceration and racial inequality.

The primary SOURCE for this post was the article, ‘Nearly 100 Indigenous People Massacred by Pennsylvania Militiamen’ for eji.org (Equal Justice Initiative: A History of Racial Injustice)
Read more about it at calendar.eji.org/racial-injus...
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Ninety-six unarmed Moravian Christian Indians (mostly Lenape and Mohican) were killed and burned. The village was populated by Christian pacifists who didn’t take part in the Revolution or take sides because of their commitment to their faith.
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#NATIVEAMERICANGENOCIDE Native American Heritage : Native Fan Club : Geronimo's surrender on September 4, 1886, marked the end of the Apache Wars, but it began a different kind of tragedy. The U.S. government promised a brief imprisonment and reunion with families. Instead, Geronimo and his people were shipped to Florida, then Alabama, then Fort Sill, Oklahoma, where they remained prisoners for 23 years.

#NATIVEAMERICANGENOCIDE

Native American Heritage : Native Fan Club : Geronimo's surrender on September 4, 1886, marked the end of the Apache Wars, but it began a different kind of tragedy. The U.S. government promised a brief imprisonment and reunion with families. Instead, Geronimo and his people…

#OTD 1872

Dec 28: #SkeletonCaveMassacre
A.K.A.: Battle of Salt River Canyon.
Facts: Skeleton Cave, shelter for the Yavapai people in AZ was attacked by the US Army, who was trying to force 'em to reservations.
Historians estimate close to 100 adults & kids were killed.
#NativeAmericanGenocide

Facts: In eight hours of brutal slaughter, the troops killed approximately 230 Cheyenne and Arapaho people composed almost entirely of women, children, and elderly.
#SandCreekMassacre
#NativeAmericanGenocide
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#WhiteSupremacy bullshit

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#OTD in #History 1864

November 29: #SandCreekMassacre
Context: A Colorado Cavalry unit, ignoring a white surrender flag flying just below a US flag, brutally attacked Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes on orders from Colorado's governor.
#NativeAmericanGenocide
#AmericanHistory
#WhiteSupremacy bullshit

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R.I.P. to all the indigenous people who died in the genocide massacre... this isn't a time for celebration for me, for me it's a time of mourning.. Gone but not forgotten.

#thanksgiving #thanksgivingmassacre #genocide #nativeamerican #nativeamericans #nativeamericangenocide

Forgotten History of Thanksgiving Calling the history of Thanksgiving "forgotten history" is being kind. It might better be called sanitized or white-washed history. Listen in as I discuss the real history of Thanksgiving you probably never learned from history class as I unpack who the Pilgrims really were and what the relationship was between those Europeans and the Native Americans of the region.  Don't believe the white-washed version of history we've all been sold.

📣 New Podcast! "Forgotten History of Thanksgiving" on @Spreaker #foundingfathers #iroquoiswisdom #losthistory #nativeamericangenocide #pilgrimshame #radicalfundamentalistpilgrims #realthanksgivinghistory #sanitizedhistory #white_washedhistory

#OTD in #History 1907

November 16: Oklahoma Became a State
Context: Following the #TrailOfTears, Oklahoma had a considerable Indigenous American population. The majority of which was absorbed by the newly recognized state.
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#nativeamericangenocide

#inquisition #crusades #nativeamericangenocide #witchburnings #nazis #kkk #slavery #magats #allverychristian #yourareinabigcult

#OTD in #History 1816

July 27: #ApalachicolaRiverFortBombing
Summary: A fort on the Apalachicola River in Florida was firebombed by the United States Army.
Facts: This was a key battle in the (first of three) Seminole Wars.
Ugly #AmericanHistory
#WhiteSupremacy bullshit
#NativeAmericanGenocide

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Today is not a day to celebrate. American independence was built upon the biggest settler colonist project in history; this was made possible by the most brutal genocide and ethnic cleansing of a peoples ever.
Today is a somber day of mourning.
#fourthofjuly #nativeamericangenocide

History forgotten, from Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States.
#history #rememberhistory #nativeamerican #columbus #genocide #nativeamericangenocide

"Enough"

Forever missed are those who were lost to brutal and inhuman treatment.

When will it be enough? We can't forget the humans lost to genocide.

#Art #Humanrights #LGBTQ+ #BLM #Nohumanisillegal #Gaza #NativeAmericanGenocide #Transrights #Grief

#OTD 1872

Dec 28: #SkeletonCaveMassacre
A.K.A.: Battle of Salt River Canyon.
Facts: Skeleton Cave, shelter for the Yavapai people in AZ was attacked by the US Army, who was trying to force 'em to reservations.
Historians estimate close to 100 adults & kids were killed.
#NativeAmericanGenocide

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Facts: In eight hours of brutal slaughter, the troops killed approximately 230 Cheyenne and Arapaho people composed almost entirely of women, children and elderly.
#SandCreekMassacre
#AmericanHistory
#WhiteSupremacy
#NativeAmericanGenocide

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#OTD in #History 1864

November 29: #SandCreekMassacre
Context: A Colorado Cavalry unit, ignoring a white surrender flag flying just below a American flag, brutally attacked Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes on orders from Colorado's governor.
#AmericanHistory
#WhiteSupremacy
#NativeAmericanGenocide

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