Vern Harper, ᐊᓯᓂ was a Cree Elder, medicine man, Indigenous rights activist, veteran and boxer from Tkaranto (Toronto). Orphaned at a young age, he was separated from his family and culture and put i…
Vern Harper, ᐊᓯᓂ was a Cree Elder, medicine man, Indigenous rights activist, veteran and boxer from Tkaranto (Toronto). Orphaned at a young age, he was separated from his family and culture and put i…
In June of 1876 General Crook's column was marching northward in what is now Wyoming with the intent to find the resisting Lakota and Cheyennes and force them onto the reservation. Crook's force, cal…
The St. Joseph Mutiny was a mutiny which occurred in June 1837 among the 1st West India Regiment of the British Army. It was led by recently arrived Africans who had been "liberated" from illegal sla…
On December 25, 1526, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor granted Pánfilo de Narváez a license to claim what is now the Gulf Coast of Mexico for the Kingdom of Spain. His intent was to claim Florida for Sp…