Tuscarora Indians

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Critical Thinking, Diplomacy, Native Americans, Postwar Politics (>1783) June 17, 2021 June 14, 2021

Shifting American Indian Policy during the Articles of Confederation Era

by John DeLee

While the Articles of Confederation are often viewed as a failed attempt at governing the newly independent United States, this period did provide for…

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Historic Sites, Native Americans, Primary Sources, The War Years (1775-1783) November 10, 2020 November 23, 2020

Native Americans at Valley Forge

by Joseph Lee Boyle

At the Bethlehem Hospital near Valley Forge on November 21, 1777, John Ettwein visited a “Narragansett Indian in great distress about his soul, at…

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1. Bill Reynolds Eleven Patriot Company Commanders at Great Bridge, December 9, 1775

Nice job on a topic for which original sources are few! Thanks for putting this account together.
2. Shawn David McGhee This Week on Dispatches: John E. Happ on Benjamin Franklin and the American Legacy in Paris

This is a really fun interview, both informative and entertaining. Thank you, Brady and John.
3. Vic DiSanto Eleven Patriot Company Commanders at Great Bridge, December 9, 1775

Being Italo-American, I was surprised to learn that the Taliaferro family settled in Virgina in the 17th century. An ancestor had been a musician at the court of Queen Elizabeth…