June 12

Birthday of Stella Leach

From Wikipedia: "Stella Leach (June 12, 1918 – January 29, 2010) was a Colville-Oglala Lakota nurse and activist who was known for her work in establishing the first American Indian children's wellne…

Kiowa leader Tsêñt’àiñ:dè (White Horse) raids Fort Sill stealing 73 mules

On this day in 1870, Tsêñt’àiñ:dè led a successful raid on US Army Post Fort Sill, stealing 73 mules. Tsêñt’àiñ:dè was a Kiowa leader and led many raids on settlers trying to destroy the Kiowa way of…

Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, French explorer and 26 crew killed by Māori

The killings by members of Ngare Raumati occurred after Marion and his party had stayed more than five weeks. It is likely the French explorers were killed after fishing in a place which had a ban on…