Washing up on mediterranean beaches. And refugees have 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 regions. Especially in the past a couple of years, it has also been very difficult to ignore the public response to refugees. And Refugee Resettlement, like so many other topics today, has become a polarizing topic. On one hand, opposition to refugees has been fierce and even hostile. Politicians at the local, state, and federal level have linked refugees to terrorism and have pursued antirefugee policies in the name of National Security. The most famous of these measures is president Donald Trumps executive orders which ground the federal Refugee Program virtually to a halt in january 2017. His imposition of what is widely known as the refugee ban shortly after taking office initiated one of the sharpe
Lets consider some major events. It was during his presidency that the socalled great sioux uprising, what we call the dakota war, occurred. It was drenched in blood as impoverished and hungry dakota waged war on settlers and faced the wrath of whites, who hunted down suspected 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 max mass execution. It was during the lincoln presidency that the navajo, or dine, as they call themselves, walkmade to endure a long hundreds of miles from their homeland to a new reservation in eastern new mexico. To convince the navajo, american soldiers burned crops, destroyed livestock, and sacked their homes. They suffered from a lack of food, diseases, and raids. It was during the lincoln presidency that one of the most atrocious episodes in u. S. Indian affairs occurred, and that was the massacre at cheyenne and eastern colora
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
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