Debunking Lincoln, the 'Great Emancipator'

ICTMN Staff
February 23, 2013
“Tell some historians that ‘Lincoln freed the slaves’ and one can virtually see the smoke come out of their ears,” relates a story about abolitionists on CNN.com ...
Donna Ennis

What If Columbus Hadn't Come Here in 1492?

I was asked this question recently: “What would be different if Christopher Columbus hadn’t found us in 1492?”  What if we hadn’t suffered 520 years of genocide, ethnocide, linguicide, occupation and oppression?...

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January 07, 2013

What Really Happened at the First Thanksgiving? The Wampanoag Side of the Tale and What’s Done Today

Gale Courey Toensing
November 23, 2012
When you hear about the Pilgrims and “the Indians” harmoniously sharing the “first Thanksgiving” meal in 1621, the Indians referred to so generically are the ancestors of the conte...
Steven Newcomb

On Conspiracy, Part 1

It is common to see the term “conspiracy” used in a disparaging manner, especially when it comes to such issues as the JFK assassination and 9/11....

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June 25, 2012

How the Cherokee Fought the Civil War

Robert Pahre
March 27, 2012
March 7 and 8 marked the 150th anniversary of the Civil War Battle of Pea Ridge, fought in northwest Arkansas near the Oklahoma border...
Myrna Gardner

A Republican Native American? How Can That Be?

In a speech to fellow Republicans in Chicago in December 1856, Abraham Lincoln said: “Our government rests in public opinion. Whoever can change public opinion, can change the government, practically just so much....

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March 09, 2012
Julianne Jennings

Happy Presidents' Day

The strength and the endurance of racism and discrimination against American Indians are easily traced to earlier periods of our history that we are desperately trying to understand and reconcile....

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February 20, 2012

Indian-Killer Andrew Jackson Deserves Top Spot on List of Worst U.S. Presidents

Gale Courey Toensing and ICTMN Staff
February 20, 2012
This article was originally published on Presidents' Day 2012...

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