June 4, 2025 – On this day in 1873, another “Indian” war most Americans have never heard of – the Modoc War – came to an end in the high desert straddling present-day California and Oregon. The 18-month war of resistance, in which 52 Modoc warriors and 98 women, children and old men held out […]
February 19, 2025 – On this sad day in 1858, the great Nisqually leader Leschi – who forged an alliance of nine tribes to resist the seizure of their 2.5 million acre homeland and their forced removal to concentration camps set up by the US government – was hanged for crimes he did not commit […]
