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On August 29, 1833, fur trader William Laidlaw wrote to his boss Pierre Chouteau about what had happened to his rival three weeks earlier.“At the Mandans they were received in the following manner. They held a council for the distributions of presents at which 'The four Bears' presided. Sublette gave them a little powder and a few balls tied up in a handkerchief. They asked him if this was the great present they expected from the Americans, and upon being told it was all they were to get, they Knoked it to one side and told him to go away as soon as possible. He then gave them a Ke...

By SHEILA WICKOUSKI FOR THE FREE LANCE–STAR The Smithsonian American Art Museum’s exhibit “Alexander von Humboldt and the United States: Art, Nature, and Culture” focuses on a six-week visit in Humboldt’s life that would later impact on American cultural development in the visual arts, sciences, literature, politics and exploration. After five years of exploration over thousands of miles of land, rivers and mountains in South America, Mexico and Cuba to document the connections of all things in nature, Humboldt wanted to make one more stop before he sailed...

DeSmog Jul 21, 2020 @ 06:00 The Three Percenters, a loosely organized group of far-right militants, appear to have established a significant presence in North Dakota’s Bakken oilfield, one of the most productive oilfields in the nation. “There is a lot of membership in the oil and gas industry up there,” says Matt Marshall, a Three Percenter running for state legislature in Washington. “The fact that you have a lot of Three Percenters working in the oilfields of North Dakota is not surprising.” The Three Percenters are so named for the dubious historical claim that only three perce...

Devils Lake Journal NORTH DAKOTA —Dr. Shelley Lenz and Cesar Alvarez, both from rural Western North Dakota, announced today that they are running as a team for Chair/Vice-Chair of the ND DEM-NPL party in elections to be held this spring.   “The one-party dominance in North Dakota is not serving all North Dakotans.  It’s time we get back to our roots and make sure that our government is working for all of us. North Dakota has a long history of independence and self-reliance. We want to make sure that our government is focusing on the pertinent issues and working toward both home-gro...

The Capitol Rioter Dressed Up as a Native American Is Part of a Long Cultural History of ‘Playing Indian.’ We Ignore It at Our Peril To understand the many dangers posed by the Capitol riots, we must explore the symbolism behind the way they present themselves. January 18, 2021 A piece of graffiti art depicting the US Capitol riots appears in Kent on January 11, 2021. (Photo by Karwai Tang/WireImage) Of all the images to emerge from the white supremacist invasion of the US Capitol building, there is one that epitomizes this contradictory moment: Jacob Anthony Chansley (also known as Jake ...