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Poetry by Del "Abe" Jones
Speaking the truth about the Trail of Tears and other atrocities.
LAKOTA na Dakota Wowapi Oti Kin A comprehensive page about the great Hunkpapa Chief Sitting Bull. Learn the truth about what happened at Wounded Knee in 1890. Learn more about the Leonard Peltier case. Watch "Incident at Oglala," a documentary produced and narrated by Robert Redford. |
Sitting Bull - Hunkpapa Mystic |
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Black Kettle This Cheyenne peace chief's sad story of trying his best to live in peace with the whites, only to be raided by a Colorado militia led by Colonel John Chivington at Sand Creek in 1864. Four years later George A. Custer led a charge on Black Kettle's peaceful camp and this time he was killed along with his wife. Roman Nose This Cheyenne war chief was a contemporary of Dull Knife. He was not so strong a character as the other, and was inclined to be pompous and boastful; but with all this he was a true type of native American in spirit and bravery. Dull Knife The life of Dull Knife, the Cheyenne, is a true hero tale. Little Wolf If any people ever fought for liberty and justice, it was the Cheyennes. If any ever demonstrated their physical and moral courage beyond cavil, it was this race of purely American heroes, among whom Little Wolf was a leader. |
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CHEROKEE
A great page to learn about the Cherokee Nation Trail of Tears Map The Cherokee Phoenix Cherokee Indian Tsali - a poem to tell of the Cherokee Spirit by LadyBleaux. Cherokee Rose - another wonderful poem by LadyBleaux. |
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Geronimo Geronimo's band was the last Apache fighting force. |
Geronimo |
Quannah Parker - Comanche Chief |
COMANCHE
Quannah Parker Learn about the great Comanche Chief Quannah Parker |
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AMERICAN HISTORY
GREAT NATIVE AMERICAN CHIEFS |
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Synopsis: During the infamous Sand Creek Massacre of November 29, 1864 in which a group of Colorado Militia slaughtered over 100 peaceful Cheyenne men, women and children, scout Robert Bent rescues Sarah Lindstrom and her child from the devastated Indian camp and takes her to safety. Sarah had been adopted by the Cheyenne when she was nine, after white renegades killed her mother and brother, and now she is happily married to Brave Wolf, a Cheyenne warrior chief. Bent escorts Sarah and her child to the Wyoming Territory where her father, now remarried, owns a trading post. While Sarah and her “new” family adjust to each other, Bent searches for Brave Wolf, hoping to reunite husband and wife. But Brave Wolf is now being hunted by the U.S. Cavalry, branded a renegade for exacting a bloody revenge against the whites who were at Sand Creek. SARAH GOLDEN HAIR is not only a classic western in the tradition of DANCES WITH WOLVES and CHEYENNE WARRIOR, but it is also a great love story about family and people who must adjust to changing times. ... |
how the Native Americans were treated by the US government. If you have a story that needs to be told please email me. |
Massacre at Sand Creek - Southern Cheyenne
Wounded Knee - Lakota The Great Cherokee Children Massacre at Ywahoo Falls Bear River - Shoshone The Potawatomi Trail of Death - 1838 Fort Jones Treaty - Shasta |
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The whites honor the "Hermitage" And the man who once lived there - But, that leader of our Nation Was cruel, unjust, unfair - He ordered the removal Of the Cherokee from their land And forced them on a trek That the Devil must have planned - One thousand miles of misery - Of pain and suffering - Because greed of the white man Could not even wait till spring - We should bow our heads in shame Even unto this day About "The Trail Of Tears" And those who died along the way. It was October, eighteen thirty-eight When seven thousand troops in blue Began the story of the "Trail" Which, so sadly, is so true - Jackson ordered General Scott To rout the Indian from their home - The "Center Of The World" they loved - The only one they'd known - The Braves working in the fields Arrested, placed in a stockade - Women and children dragged from home In the bluecoats shameful raid - Some were prodded with bayonets When, they were deemed to move too slow To where the Sky was their blanket And the cold Earth, their pillow - In one home a Babe had died Sometime in the night before - And women mourning, planning burial Were cruelly herded out the door - In another, a frail Mother - Papoose on back and two in tow Was told she must leave her home Was told that she must go - She uttered a quiet prayer - Told the old family dog good-bye - Then, her broken heart gave out And she sank slowly down to die - Chief Junaluska witnessed this - Tears streaming down his face - Said if he could have known this It would have never taken place - For, at the battle of Horse Shoe With five hundred Warriors, his best - Helped Andrew Jackson win that battle And lay thirty-three Braves to rest - And the Chief drove his tomahawk Through a Creek Warrior's head Who was about to kill Jackson - But whose life was saved, instead - Chief John Ross knew this story And once sent Junaluska to plead - Thinking Jackson would listen to This Chief who did that deed - But, Jackson was cold, indifferent To the one he owed his life to Said, "The Cherokee's fate is sealed - There's nothing, I can do." Washington, D.C. had decreed They must be moved Westward - And all their pleas and protests To this day still go unheard. On November, the seventeenth Old Man Winter reared his head - And freezing cold, sleet and snow Littered that trail with the dead On one night, at least twenty-two Were released from their torment To join that Great Spirit in the Sky Where all good souls are sent - Many humane, heroic stories Were written 'long the way - A monument, for one of them - Still stands until this day - It seems one noble woman It was Chief Ross' wife - Gave her blanket to a sick child And in so doing, gave her life - She is buried in an unmarked grave - Dug shallow near the "Trail" - Just one more tragic ending In this tragic, shameful tale - Mother Nature showed no mercy Till they reached the end of the line When that fateful journey ended On March twenty-sixth, eighteen thirty-nine. Each mile of this infamous "Trail" Marks the graves of four who died - Four thousand poor souls in all Marks the shame we try to hide - You still can hear them crying Along "The Trail Of Tears" If you listen with your heart And not with just your ears. |
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Last of the Independents 2007 |
