Wednesday, April 20, 2011

REMEMBER THEIR NAMES - 1492-1890

information and excerpts from BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE, An Indian History of the American West ,by Dee Brown

Why do we have grave stones? Memoirs? biographies?  To  honor those we care about.  These tribes and their leaders had families, homes, and prayed to the Great Spirit.  I wish to remember them, please join me.
LOCATION                                     TRIBE                                   LEADER

San Salvador                                   Tainos                                unknown
   "                                                    Arawak                             decimated by 1502
Virginia                                            Powhatans                          Wahunacook,Pocahontas   
Massachusetts                                 Pemaquid                             Samoset
          "                                            Wampansags                        Massasoit, Squanto, Hobamah,
                                                                                                    Metacom renames King Philip
Northwest                                       Chesapeake, Potomacs,
                                                       Pequots. Montauks, Nanticokes,
                                                       Machapungas, Catawbas, Hurons,
                                                       Eries, Mohawks, Senecas,
New York                                      Mahicans, Raritans
Southwest and Southeast               Five Nations of the Iroquois
                                                         Cherokees
                                                          Chickasaw
                                                          Choctaw
                                                          Creeks
                                                           Seminoles 
Great Lakes                                     Ottowas                                      Pontiac
Midwest                                          Shawnees                                     Tecumseh
Ohio                                                 Miamis
Illinois and Iowa                                Sauks and Foxes                         Black Hawk
Illinois                                                Winnebagos
  "                                                       Pottawotomies
Illinois and Iowa                                Kickapoos
Southeast                                          Cherokees                               Trail of Tears to Oklahoma,
                                                                                                         Hundreds hid in hills of NC
Pacific Coast                                      Modocs                                  Kintpuiash
           "                                             Mohaves
          "                                               Paiutes                                    Wovoka
          "                                               Shastas, Yumas
Western Plains                                  Dakata (Sioux)
                                                              Santee                              Minnesota
                                                              Teton                                Dull Knife
                                                              Oglala                               Red Cloud,  
                                                                                                       Crazy Horse
                                                              Hunkpapa                         Sitting Bull
                                                              Brulee                            Spotted Tail
Colorada                                               Cheyenne                      Black Kettle
                                                                                                  Tall Bull
                                                                                                  Roman Nose
                                                                                                  Litttle Raven
Southwest                                      Araphoes, Kiowas              Santank,Santanta
                                                                                                 Lone Wolf
                                                                                                 Kicking Bird
      "                                                Apaches                             Mangas,Colorado
                                                                                                  Cochise,Victorio
                                                                                                  Delshay,Nana,Geronimo
   "                                                 Comanches                        Ten Bears,Quanah Parker
Rockies                                         Utes                                   Ouray
California,Oregon,Idaho                 Nez-Perces                        Chief Joseph

"During the following thirty years (1860-1890) these leaders and many more would enter into history and legend.  Their names would become as well known as those of the men who tried to destroy them.  Most of them, young and old, would be driven into the ground before the symbolic end of Indian freedom at Wounded Knee in December, 1890.  Now, a century later, in a age without heroes, they are perhaps the most heroic of all Americans." p.12                            
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