Treaties between the United States and American Indian nations. This Panel Discussion from the symposium was titled great nations keep their word. This is about an hour and a half. Delorea from phil the university of michigan and i am on the board of trustees. I want to welcome you to this session today. This is the final session in the symposium. The session speaks in part or of the exhibit which you shall see shortly which follows historical chronology, some case study examples, some for maddock analysis including some things that might resonate with the panel that we just had. The final section of the exhibit and this final session in our panel seeks to sum up and pull together, sort of congeal the insights of the exhibit and the day we have had today. Part of what we are about is reclaiming history. That, the easy part, is about making invisible stories visible. This is the task in native American History and has been for so long. It is a fundamental rule of this great museum. Anot
To go. To end it, above all things, i think prosecutors and perhaps Police Officers have to understand that with all the we have, and its enormous, there has to be a goes along with exercising it and an toerstanding that we want make sure that we have tried to facts and tothe not conclude simply because we firmly thatthing that shouldnt be questioned. And i think thats kind of self awareness and self analysis in all of us and maker office is going to us do better at conviction integrity. I think well bend a note of humility and thank the panel. They have been terrific. [applause] on cspan, a look at the role of the Justice Departments in theights division ferguson, Missouri Police shooting. Science related to native American History, followed by todays washington journal live with your phone calls. Risen on how the u. S. Government waists millions waraxpayer dollars on the on terror. Stuart bowen was the only who really tried to investigate what happened to all the money that the unite
There were some sightings in the area by african slaves and they reported this, but were not believed for some reason. One was being whipped for having spread false rumors. The attack was a surprise. The garrison was not a formal military unit. And so very badly lead. The fort was badly built. The gun loopholes, which should have been five feet above the ground, were at threefoot levels. They were level with the attacking force, who took possession of the loopholes. The battle went on for a long time. There were maybe 700 red sticks in the attacking force and several hundred fighting inside among the many civilians inside the fort. Sometime around the afternoon, the battle had stalemated. The red sticks withdrew. They set fire to a good portion of the southern part of the fort. The fire spread and at that point, defense was impossible. The few remaining defenders tried to escape. About 25 made it out of the fort. The battle need all of the papers in the country. Immediately made all th
Mississippi territory and a lot of slaves. About 500 people inside of this fort. And on august 30, a faction of was upset and attacked the ford there was a long battle in the end almost 300 people inside the fort were killed. I first learned about it when i read about the massacre but there is more to the story. Like most American Indians had to find the way to deal with the expanding american in settlements. In this area, the creeks were successful as the cherokee to assimilate to American Life style. Quite a few wealthy indians owned slaves with a big plantation and raise domestic livestock and largely gave their way of life to the american norms of agriculture. The large part of the nation did not see the advantage they wanted to maintain their traditional life. There was a rift in 1813, a civil war broke out and what happened here is a continuation of the civil war but it brought , the americans into the of war against the antiamerican faction. There was a religious component of th
We are at fort mims park. It is a little park in alabama and this is the location of a major battle between americans and indians in 1813. The fort was full of all kinds of folks taking shelter from an impending attack here at including indians that were allied with the americans, local settlers, militias from the mississippi territory and a lot of slaves. About 500 people inside of this fort. And on august 30, a faction of the was upset and attacked the ford there was a long battle in the end almost 300 people inside the fort were killed. I first learned about it when i read about the massacre but there is more to the story. Like most American Indians had to find the way to deal with the expanding american in settlements. In this area, the creeks were successful as the cherokee to assimilate to American Life style. Quite a few wealthy indians owned slaves with a big plantation and raise domestic livestock and largely gave their way of life to the american norms of agriculture. The lar