Native American land losses & genocide in the United States. Around 12 Million of natives lost Everything due to invasion.

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The federal policies that attempted to wipe out Native identity, language and culture continue to manifest in the pain tribal communities face today, including cycles of violence and abuse, disappearance of Indigenous people, premature deaths, poverty and loss of wealth, mental health disorders and substance abuse.

Deb Haaland

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All the dead men will come to life again. Their spirits will come to their bodies again. We must wait here in the homes of our fathers and be ready to meet them in the bosom of our mother.

Smohalla

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As we are going to part, we will come and take you by the hand, and hope the Great Spirit will protect you on your journey and return you safe to your friends.

Red Jacket

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imagination and inventiveness are common human potentialities. All people invent.

Ella Cara Deloria

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There is nothing so beautiful as the free forest. To catch a fish when you are hungry, cut the boughs of a tree, make a fire to roast it, and eat it in the open air, is the greatest of all luxuries.

Edmonia Lewis

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American Indian Heritage Symposium 2025 presentations from the Georgia Archives are now available for viewing at their YouTube channel, featuring presentations exploring
* Muscogee re-connection to ancestral homelands,
* Native presence at Ocmulgee in the twentieth century,
* the archaeology of Georgia’s Indigenous communities, and
* the life and legacy of Yamacraw leader Tomochichi.

https://www.georgiaarchives.org/assets/press_releases/AIHS_2025_PR_final.pdf

#Yamacraw #Muscogee #NativeAmericanHeritage
#Georgia #SouthEastUS #Ocmulgee #NativeAmerican

@histodons

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWibkI5XB7eTdIBH5U1cNbTYGFtrxDf9C