Here, how they made a living, and what life was like in the early years of boulder. One of our most notable historic figures in boulders history. Chief niwot was in arapahoe chief who would appear in the mid1850s when gold was discovered and there was a lot of movement to the west, a lot whites came out in search of gold and really changed the life of the indians who had been living here. Niwot was an interesting man. He spoke english, which he learned from his sisters husband who was a for trainer. Trader. Niwot was here in 1858. Whitet time, a group of speakers came out and camped at the foot of the mountain and niwot asked them to leave. The land was given to the indians from the treaty of fort laramie so it really was indian land. When niwot saw them, and camped here, he asked them to leave. He said we are here looking for gold. We will only stay through the winter and we will leave. They ended up discovering gold in the mountains just west of boulder that winter and they never lef
As they struggle for their livelihood less free than they had ever been before. Living within the strains constraints of a new settler society. When i look at and read the transcripts and speeches from those negotiations, evidence suggests they were thinking about us. Their descendents. They were holding onto the idea that in 150 years, there would still be a homeland for people in northern minnesota. And there is. Despite the bad acts and that paper involved in this history, we must always remember that very important fact. I am very pleased to be able to be here to introduce a very distinguished panel. Two of them are fellow historians. Another a law professor, and a tribal chairman. They will each speak to us for about 15 minutes. And then we will have time for questions from the audience. Im going to introduce them , and dispense with the tradition we have a universities of long introductions. [laughter] it is hard for me. Because each of them are deserving of very long introductio
In the early years of boulder. The chief was one of our most notable historic figures in boulders history. Chief niwot was an arapahoe chief who was here in the mid1850s at the time when gold was discovered and there was a lot of movement to the west, a lot of whites came out in search of gold and really changed the life of the indians who had been living here. Niwot was an interesting man. He spoke english, which he learned from his sisters husband, who was a fur trader. That ended up being important to the arapahoe at the time. 1858. Was here in at that time, a group of white gold seekers came out and camp at the base of the mountains in boulder. Niwot asked them to leave. This land was given to the indians from the treaty of fort laramie in 1851, so it really was indian land. When niwot saw them come and camp here, he asked them to leave. They said, we are here looking for gold and we will leave after winter. They discovered gold and they never left. They came down. Many of them set
To other people to determine the nature of these. Our wampum belts are never presented in Court Despite the aspiration that the treaties are important. These are replicas are important. Hopefully on november 11, we are going to bring back the real versions because november 11 is the anniversary of the treaty. The nation just sent more vermonters to the white house inviting the president or a designee to come to the commemoration. Stay tuned. If this will have any impact, november 11 will give us an indication. Every year, we gather to recite the terms of the treaty. We invite you there. Hopefully, this exhibition and the wampum lot in philadelphia, this will be the place where we can gather together, gather our minds together, and hopefully come together of one mind on what is the true nature, aspirations, and expectations these treaties provide for all of us. These treaties were made not just for our benefit, but for your benefit as well. I appreciate the time i have had here. I would
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