The history of Native Americans from when the first Europeans set foot in North America to the present and the hardships they faced.
Manifest Destiny: A Legacy of Genocide presents a revolutionary view behind how one unique cultural perspective led to centuries of genocide. Kidnapping, murders, poisoning of the environment and disease decimated millions of Native Americans. Their food sources reduced considerably and forced to live on useless plots of land to perish, while their children faced many forms of abuse at the boarding schools. The phrase "Manifest Destiny" made its public debut in an article written by John L. O'Sullivan published in the Democratic Review in the July and August issues in 1845. The phrase referred to the western expansion and was considered prearranged by the divine. The concept O'Sullivan advocated took hold of the American public like a storm. The ideals promoted by "Manifest Destiny" held true before he brought it to public attention. From when Europeans first stepped foot on the land currently referred to as North America to the present, it has been the belief by many that white settlers owned the land and all its resources from sea to shining sea without consideration given to the original inhabitants.
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"We are like birds in a windstorm. The tree boughs keep moving, and we don't know which one to land on." --Quito, A Potawatomi Elder
"A cold wind blew across the prairie when the last buffalo fell -- death -- wind for my people." --Sitting Bull
Experience the early 20th century in Michigan's Upper Peninsula through the artistic camera lens of J.W. Nara, one of the Copper Country's earliest professional photographers. This collection of historic photos brings the "Copper Boom" era back to li
