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Subversive Historian – 03/08/10

The Gnadenhutten Massacre Back in the day on March 8th, 1782, peaceful Christianized native peoples were massacred in Ohio. With the American Revolutionary War being waged, some Delaware natives supported the British while others initially signed a treaty with the Americans. Those converted to Christianity in the Moravian missionary villages, including Gnadenhutten, maintained a non-hostile position [...]

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Subversive Historian – 01/28/10

{The Waters of the Coquille River} The Nasomah Village Massacre Back in the day on January 28th, 1854, the Nasomah Village Massacre took place in Southern Oregon. Tensions between Native peoples and whites had been mounting in the area as incursions and settlements inflamed temperaments. Two years prior to the bloodshed, gold had been discovered at the [...]

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