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20. Tecumseh

Reply to cilla4progress (Reply #11)

Sat Oct 29, 2016, 02:13 AM

Oct 2016

I know of quite well. I lived my whole life in NW Ohio growing up less than a half mile from Ft. Meigs, a War of 1812 site. He led the Native forces in that battle/siege. Tecumseh could have very well camped on the very land where my house was. Growing up I did unearth old nails and a belt buckle in my backyard

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Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee - please read this book [View all] G_j Oct 2016 OP

I read it shortly after it Mendocino Oct 2016 #1

Thank you for the reminder ghostsinthemachine Oct 2016 #2

Also "Custer Died for Your Sins" and "House Made of Dawn" mahannah Oct 2016 #5

The obscene treachery... gregcrawford Oct 2016 #6

I was fortunate cilla4progress Oct 2016 #7

Excellent idea to require as h.s. reading. nt Sunny05 Oct 2016 #9

I was shocked cilla4progress Oct 2016 #11

Wise leaders who G_j Oct 2016 #18

Tecumseh Mendocino Oct 2016 #20

you might also want to read "an indigenous people's history of the united states" by niyad Oct 2016 #10

Yes, and cilla4progress Oct 2016 #12

Yes, I've been saying that the PTB want another Wounded Knee. geardaddy Oct 2016 #13

I have it, but haven't read it yet. geardaddy Oct 2016 #14

I read it many years ago. RebelOne Oct 2016 #15

... I am tired of loving a foreign muse. struggle4progress Oct 2016 #17

Great book. Have you read "In the Spirit of Crazy Horse"? Mc Mike Oct 2016 #21

Read it in the 7th grade ismnotwasm Oct 2016 #22

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