Ing on this very challenging task, he developed and coordinated strategies and policies that advanced Homeland Security mission and protected the American Public through his leadership role in the office of strategy, policy and plans. Mr. Wolf is a recipient of the u. S. Secretary of Homeland Securitys distinguished Service Medal for issues to Counter International terrorism and safeguard american interests throughout his career at the department. Thank you for that. Im glad to be joined by our sub committees Ranking Member, senator tester. We are continuing to consider or beginning to consider, actually, the fiscal year 2021 budget request and look forward to further insight from you, mr. Secretary. Very pleased to be joined by the Ranking Member of the full committee or senator leahy as well. In the fiscal year 2020 bill enacted december 20th, 2019, on a broad bipartisan basis. Our 2020 bill provided 54. 6 billion in discretionary funding and included several significant investments
Manifest destiny and the american conquest of northern mexico, and the american wests role in the crisis over slavery, but were going to examine them from a slightly different perspective. A few weeks ago we read about indian removal, wrote about indian removal in the 19th century and how it was shaped by expansion of american democracy, as well as the expanding cotton economy and in your readings, indian nations like the cherokees were victimized in the state of georgia, as well as land hungry settlers, but the cher key nations willingness to press advantages in resisting removal illustrate how indians throughout north america continued to change in creative and dynamic ways to make colonialism work in their favor. With that in mind i want to revisit california today, because when dont i want to revisit california, and consider the ways california indian societies continued this practice beyond the mission era, which youre familiar with, and helped to build californias economy, attrac
Will examine them from a different perspective. About indian removal in the 19th century and how it was shaped by the expansion of american democracy and the cotton economy. Indian nations like the cherokees were victimized by the United States government, the state of georgia, settlers, but the nations willingness to adapt and to press all possible advantages illustrates how indians continued well beyond the colonial area to change to make colonialism work in their favor. Mind, i want to revisit california today. I want to consider the ways Californian Indian societies continued this practice and helped to build californias , attract settlers, and transform the territory into a vital american state during the gold rush. Hinged onformation the work of indian people. As you remember, catholic missionaries where the vanguard of Spanish Colonial settlement in california. Franciscan missionaries envision the Northern Frontier in which indians would be converted into spanish subjects and wi
California indians dont have the same kind of public image as say a warrior on a horseback, so they are not as bad ass in the popular imagination as the plains indians. I love this image because that guy is pretty fierce. He has some feathers going on. He looks like he could do some damage to your horse herd or to you, so i like that well into the gold rush era these mounted livestock rustlers in the Central Valley were kind of bad, bad, bad. Stock rustling also offered indians opportunities to thrive in the interior. Population explosion of horses. An english visitor estimated to see 3000 wild horses in todays travel in 1840. A miner on the eve of the gold rush claim that in the Central Valley, the Central Valley contained a larger portion of wild horses than any other part of the world to the same extent. On the san joaquin river, bands from 200 to 2000. These herds in addition to providing a lucrative source of trade provided a basis of subsistence for california indians living in t
Across the country comes one of the great achievements of our time. A human revealing story that instantly becomes the most discussed novel. Is a lot of stereotypes of oklahoma that come from some very powerful images. First of all the grapes of wrath. When i was growing up that was the one book my father would not allow me to be. I could read anything as long as it wasnt the grapes of wrath because he felt a defanged oklahoma. So many stereotypes about oklahoma and many from the book. That is not to say there wasnt the dust role poll in oklahoma and were not a gospel forever. On the book we have this powerful john ford film with all of the images of the mesmerizing blackandwhite images that the dust blowing. So of course theyve lingered with you both. Of course people see oklahoma in that light. Opposite hinted that we have the movie musical oklahoma because oklahoma is a place where corn goes place where corn goes as high as an elephant died. That is not true either. Oklahoma riders