Steve Russell

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Some conquistadores fed the Spanish dogs with living Indians. Theodor and sons, Americae
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Did the Deaths of 50 Million Indians Cause Climate Change?

First Nations, Parks Canada, National Park Service, Discovery Pass, UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Canadian Rockies, UNESCO, Rockies, Kluane National Park and Reserve, Yukon Territory, Mount Logan, Alcan Highway, Guinness Book of World Records, Southern Tutchone First Nation, Nahanni National Park, Red Chairs, Canada, Dehcho First Nation, Virginia Falls, Niagara Falls, Canadian National Parks, Bear Country, Wood Buffalo National Park, Birding, Wood Bison, Whooping Crane, American Bison, Miguasha, Parc National de Miguasha, Paleontology, Micmac, Devonian Period, Coastal Erosion, Rockey Harbour, Newfoundland, Gros Morne National Park, Tablelands, L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site, Christopher Columbus, Leif Erikson, Western Brook Pond, Pissing Mare Falls, Viking
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Canadian National Parks III: The Other Side of the Mountains

Cancer
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The Letter Jacket: A Cancer Survivor

Cash the Dog, Hurricane Harvey
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HDIMT? Dunkirking Through Hurricane Harvey

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The Wizarding World of Donald Trump

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Oklahoma Indians Braving the Racist Culture

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Trump Throws Law Under the Bus With Joe Arpaio Pardon

Cliven Bundy
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Could Trump Pardon the Bundys? The Latest in the Cliven Bundy Saga

Corpse Flower, Amorphophallus titanium flowers
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HDIMT? Raising the Dead and DC Corpse Flowers

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Supermen in the White House

Dick Gregory
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Dick Gregory, Friend of Indian Country, Walks On

A new study published in the August issue of Proceedings of the Royal Society B undermines the myth that the Americas were peopled by a tiny number of hunter-gatherers. Physical evidence corroborates what the European eyewitnesses following Columbus claimed: the Amazon River (pictured here) was home to dense populations of Natives who grew more than enough food to feed themselves.
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Science Blows Up Big Lies: Pre-Columbian Peoples Skilled Farmers, and Many Millions Killed by Invasion

Carrie Buck, a Tutelo Indian, was a victim of the eugenics movement in Virginia in the 1920s. Read more about her story at SaponiTown.com.
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5 Odd Facts About the Difficult, Tortured History of Virginia Indians

White Moose
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HDIMT? A White Moose Spotted in Sweden, a Donkey in DC

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Poverty as a Black and White Issue

The Homalco First Nation in British Columbia offers guided tours so the bears can be photographed.
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5 Tribal Lands Where You Can Stalk Wild Animals—With a Camera

Vladimir Putin, Fishing Trip, President Trump Tweets, HDIMT
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HDIMT: Lawrence O’Donnell Bids Farewell as Trump Spews Tweets

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Thinking About Slogans: The Heated Gun Debate

HDIMT 08/04/17, A bald eagle dries out onboard the lobster boat "Theresa Anne" after it was rescued from the Atlantic Ocean off Birch Harbor on July 27, 2017. The lobstermen -- John Chipman Jr. and Kevin Meaney -- tied the top of the bait box to a life ring, creating a life raft for the swimming eagle to perch on. John Chipman Jr./via Bangor Daily News
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HDIMT: A Bald Eagle Nearly Drowns, and the Cherokee Phoenix Shows Off Its Tale Feathers

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Colonizing Fraud: The Jimmie Durham Dilemma

An ocelot rests on a tree.
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How Did I Miss That? NAGPRA Applied to Skeletal Remains in Idaho

Corporate Personhood, Trees and feelings, Nature
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Corporate Personhood for Trees, Rivers and Nature?

War Eagles, Golden Eagle, French Air Force
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How Did I Miss That? War Eagles Fight Drones for Air Superiority

Khipu, Oral Traditions, Written Language, Wampum, Wampum Belts, Yucatan Peninsula, Mayan, Maya, Mayan Civilization, Deigo de Landa Calderon, Book Burning, Native American History, Mayan Codices, Grolier Codex, Inca, Incas, Machu Picchu, Khipu, Quipu, Harvard, Archaeology International, Archaeology, Medium of Exchange
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Early Indigenous Peoples and Written Language

A passport is no longer optional when traveling from the U.S. to and from Mexico and Canada.
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Passports Needed for Canada and Mexico

Roanoke Island
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How did I Miss That? Debunking the Roanoke Island Myth and Selfie Awareness

Tigua Indians, Francisco Holguin, Tom Diamond, Memorials, Obituaries, Ysleta del Sur Pueblo, Gaming Rights, El Paso, Texas, Spiritual Leader, World War II, Tiguas of Ysleta del Sur, Pueblo Revolt, Pueblo Revolt of 1680, Termination Policy, Federal Recognition, Tribal Sovereignty
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Two People Important to Tigua Indians Walk On

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Jimmie Durham and the Race Pimps We Admire

After a driver lost control and crashed his van on I-35 in San Antonio, Texas, his cargo of 30 snakes, a baby alligator and a turtle slithered onto the highway. 23 of the snakes were eventually recovered. The driver and his grandson (pictured) had only minor injuries.
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How Did I Miss That? An Island Appears Off East Coast; NASA Denies Keeping Slaves on Mars

Native American Body of Art
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How did I Miss That? Nude Art in OKC as Grizzlies and Warblers Fight for Survival

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Would You Buy a Used Car from Mitch McConnell?

Sharks
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How did I Miss That? Paddling With Sharks – In the Ocean and DC

Native American graduates, Native American Students, Native American Education, Flathead High School, Blackfeet, Montana, Senate Bill 319, SB 319, Native American Mascots, American Indian Education, Clint Valandra, Native American Culture
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New Chapter in the Same Story for Native American Graduates

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The Color of Affirmative Action Could Have Been Olive Drab

Execution of the thirty-eight Sioux Indians at Mankato Minnesota, December 25, 1862, by W. H. Childs.
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How Did I Miss That? Schools Don't Teach About Dakota 38; Remember the Removal Bike Ride

California Condor
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California Condor: Saving the King of the Birds

The Cherokee Phoenix just announced this year’s commemorative t-shirt for Cherokee National Holiday will feature a design by Daniel HorseChief. The central image is Selu the Corn Mother.
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How Did I Miss That? Cherokee T-Shirts and Vulture Culture

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How Far is Too Far? The Kathy Griffin Faux Pas

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Uncertainty and Principles: Law in the Era of Trump

Machu Pichu
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The Terra Nullius Narrative Overturned

The Smithsonian has digitized one of the oldest sources of information on Mayan culture, the Libro de Sermones Varios en Lengua Quiche, created in 1690.
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From Biscotti to Chocolate: How Mayan Culture Is Being Preserved

Ariana Grande iHeartRadio Music Festival 2014
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How Did I Miss That? Ariana Grande Photoshopped and Second-Hand Smoke of Ceremony

Adoption
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Christians Only: The New Anti-Native Adoption Law in Texas

Memorial Day, Ernest Childers, Lt. Gen. Jacob L. Devers, Congressional Medal of Honor
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How did I Miss That? Memorial Day at NMAI; Canadian Icebreaker Starts Conversation With Inuit

Etzanoa, Cahokia, Archaeologists, Coronado, Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, Wichita Indians, Native American History, Lost Cities, Archaeological Evidence, Seven Cities of Gold, Terra Nullius, Muscogee Creek Nation, Cherokee Nation
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Lost City of Etzanoa Found

American Indians In Texas, Alabama-Coushatta, Texas, Native American History, Whitewashing, Bison Extinction, Bison, Pueblo Rebellion of 1680, Andrew Jackson, David Crockett, The Alamo, Indian Removal Act, Alabama and Coushatta
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Forgotten: American Indians in Texas

Alabama-Coushatta, Texas, Indian Gaming, Tribal Casino, National Indian Gaming Commission, Speaking Rock, Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, Ysleta del Sur, Lucky Eagle, Kickapoo, Termination, Federal Recognition
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Alabama-Coushatta Indians Litigate the Honor of Texas

2017_05_19 HDIMT_CROP_quarter horse mare gave birth to twin horses in Bastrop County, Texas_twin-horse_KXAN_Jenny Tucker
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HDIMT? One Mare Time! Plus, Scorpions on a Plane

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The Downside to Impeaching Trump

Kevin Washburn, Chickasaw Nation
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Kevin Washburn Among This Year’s Chickasaw Nation Hall of Fame Inductees