He has several books including the long reconstruction of popular politics in the south and after appomattox military occupation and the end of war. For those of you who were not with us last year, after the lens of the military to examine the time after the confederate surrender as an expansion of wartime. The last several years, dr. Inns has been very active broadening public understanding of the reconstruction era. Coedited a new essay collection the world the civil which seeks to redefine the United States. Are also look at sites that appropriate for memorializing reconstruction. , dr. Lowe,eaker earned ma and phd degrees from the university of washington seattle. She served as the Program Manager for the underground Railroad Freedom program, which places Minority College students from across the country and paid summer internships with parks and program offices, state Historic Preservation offices, local and state governments, and private organizations. Her academic fields of inte
Chair keep,orical maps, storytelling, and pictures to explore my friday of people identify with the Cherokee Nation. Mr. Smithers according to the u. S. Census, nearly one million americans self identify as cherokee. Wherever someone travels in the united states, they will likely someone in their family tree who identifies as cherokee. Trouble as far as scotland, australia, and someone will claim to have cherokee for ers. Ers forbear Gregory Smithers reveals for the first time the diaspora of the cherokee people. He takes readers back to the 18th and 19th century to recover the importance of migration, land, choosing, and culture and language into defining what it means to be cherokee while living in diaspora. The story is a remarkable one, filled with bravery, innovation, and resilience. Gregory smithers is associate professor of history at virginia commonwealth university. His research and writing focuses on history of native americans and African American people since the 18th centu
Of reconstruction. I would suggest that probably very few of you could pick these rebels out of the group. William sylvan died young, so there could be a reason why youd dont William Sylvis died very young, said there could be a reason why you dont recognize them. Red cloud yes, most of you recognize him. He won a war against the u. S. Government, and he had largely been written out of American History. And you might have a shot of recognizing Susan B Anthony or elizabeth caddy stanton. These are not faces that you would know if you think about reconstruction or you think about the reconstruction days. These are people you read about in your textbooks that you dont think about them in popular culture. Lets try this. The marlboro man has been recognized in every single country in the world, and i will talk more about the marble man marlboro man in a moment. The image that everybody in america and most people in the world recognize is the american cowboy. The american cowboy operates fro
It is enormously significant that the cattle industry and the face of the cattle industry coincided with reconstruction after the civil war. That coincidence has been handed down to the present in our political channel and in the way that we understand american politics, and that is why the american cowboy remains such an incredibly potent image today in American Society. But start with that. We all know the civil war was about the north and south, right . Wrong, it was not about this north and south sides, it was between the north and south but it was about the west. There was the issue of slavery for the dakota territory since the beginning of slavery. It was not a problem until the Louisiana Purchase in 1863. The question with what to do with those western lands, first the Louisiana Purchase, which were divided by the missouri compromise, but that comes a new question in 1850. But then an extraordinary expedition with the land between the treaty of waterloo bay in 1846 treaty of gua
Ms. Warren mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from massachusetts. Ms. Warren i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to a period of morning business with senators the presiding officer the senate is in a quorum call. Ms. Warren i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection. Ms. Warren thank you. I ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak for up to ten minutes each. The presiding officer without objection. Ms. Warren mr. President , i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar number 227, s. 1557. The presiding officer the clerk will report. The clerk calendar number 227, s. 1557, a bill to amend the Public Health service act to reauthorize support for graduate medical Education Programs in childrens hospitals. The presiding officer is there objection to proceeding to the measure . Without objection the senate will proceed. Ms. War