Plate when he was president. The civil war. That dominated most of his attention. Underneath the surface of the civil war, some important events involving American Indians. Events that might make Abraham Lincoln a bit more of a problematic figure then he ordinarily is. Lets consider some major events that happened during his presidency. It was during his presidency dakota war of 1862 occurred. Conflict in the state of minnesota. Settlers and they faced the wrath. Culpritswn suspected trying and convicted. 303 men. Lincoln commuted the sentence on most of these individuals. Remains ing and what what remains americas largest mass execution. It was during the lincoln presidency that the navajo were made to endure the long walk. To a barren in new mexico. American soldiers burned crops, destroyed lifestyle, and sacked their homes. They suffered immensely from the lack of food, diseases and rate from other indians. It was during the lincoln presidency that one of the most atrocious episodes
Many of you probably do not think about Abraham Lincoln in context of American Indian or indigenous history. That is what were going to talk about today. After all, Abraham Lincoln had a lot on his plate. When he was president. The civil war. And that dominated most of his attention. But underneath the surface of the civil war, lay some important events involving American Indians. Events that might make Abraham Lincoln more of a problematic figure than he ordinarily is. So lets consider some u. S. Events in American Indian affairs that happened during his presidency. It was during his presidency that the socalled great sioux uprising or what we might call the dakota war of 1862 occurred. A conflict in which the state of minnesota was drenched in blood, as impoverished and hungry dakota waged war on settlers, then faced the wrath of whites, who hunted down susspected culprits, tried, convicted, and sentenced to death 303 men. Lincoln commuted the sentence of most of these individuals, b
Many of you probably dont think of late Abraham Lincoln in terms of american or indigenous history. Abraham lincoln had a lot on his plate. When he was president , the civil war and that dominated most of his attention. Underneath the surface, important events involving American Indians, events that one might argue make Abraham Lincoln a bit more of a problematic figure than he ordinarily was. What we may call the dakota war of 1862 occurred. It was drenched in blood as impoverished and hungry dakota waged war on settlers and faced the wrath of whites. Tried, convicted, and sentenced to death, 303 men. Lincoln commuted the sentence of most of these individuals but in the end 38 were hung in what remains americas largest max mass execution. They were made to enter the long walk, a forced journey of hundreds of miles from their homeland in eastern new mexico. American soldiers burn crops, destroy livestock they suffered from the lack of foods , diseases, and rates by other indians. It wa
Might see on the news today. Its hard to ignore the human stories of families perishing at sea refugees are suffering and suffocating in meat tracks, crowding onto leaky boats and rounding the bodies of those who are unable to cross the safety are washing up on mediterranean beaches. Refugees of been in the news for the past few years, particularly related to the crisis in syria, but refugees are being uprooted by conflict all around the world. So, were not just talking about refugees coming from syria but from other wartorn region. In the past couple years its been very difficult to ignore the public response to refugees. Like so many other topics today, this is become a polarizing topic on one hand, opposition to refugees has been hostile politicians at the local state have linked refugees to terrorism and pursued antirefugee policies in the name of National Security the most famous is Donald Trumps executive order which ground the federal refugee from to a halt in january 2017. Spir
That is what were going to talk about today. After all, Abraham Lincoln had a lot on his plate. When he was president. The civil war. And that dominated most of his attention. But underneath the surface of the civil war, lay some important events involving American Indians. Events that might make Abraham Lincoln more of a problematic figure than he ordinarily is. So lets consider some u. S. Events in American Indian affairs that happened during his presidency. It was during his presidency that the socalled great sioux uprising or what we might call the dakota war of 1862 occurred. A conflict in which the state of minnesota was drenched in blood, as impoverished and hungry dakota waged war on settlers, then faced the wrath of whites, who hunted down susspected culprits, tried, convicted, and sentenced to death 303 men. Lincoln commuted the sentence of most of these individuals, but in the end, 38 were hung. In what remains americas largest mass execution. It was during the american pres