Podcast Unearths Native American Roots of National Parks; Fierce Western Women: The Exchange
This week on The Exchange, we talk about the West and its history, and what is going on there today. Now that it is high summer, national parks are crowded with tourists. But those parks have been created in places with deep Native American roots. Today we talk with the creators of a new podcast where Native American voices tell stories of times before the creation of the national parks. Also, how going west became an emancipatory move for many American women. Summer is also a time for...
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The Standing Bear Story Omnibus
To be sure, there was a good reason for the Poncas to cut the deal they did with the strange emissary who showed up one day from Washington. He’d come to let them know that “the Great Father” wanted the Poncas to move from their homeland on the Missouri River, to Indian Country, what would become Oklahoma, to a place where, he claimed, they’d be safe from raids by larger and more warlike neighbors. That argument was, for the Ponca, not total garbage. The Poncas were warriors, but they were...
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