Bertha Parker Pallan (1907-1978) Was A Native American Archaeologist, Of Abenaki And Seneca Descent.

Asheville Citizen-Times, North Carolina, September 29, 1889

Out of fear that women might interfere with their concerns, men made up the theory that women had no business outside of the home. By doing so, they deprived women of their natural rights. Giving women duties without rights allowed men to live in idleness while condemning women to work. Keeping women at home allowed men to pursue education while women were trapped in ignorance. Isn’t this the greatest of injustices?

He-Yin Zhen, an anarchist and revolutionary during the early 1900s in China. She cofounded the journal Natural Justice with her husband, Liu Shipei, shortly after the couple fled China for Tokyo in 1907. It advocated for equal rights between the genders and an end to the traditional Confucian views on women. The publication went around the community of Chinese exiles, and was also smuggled back to mainland China.  (via historical-nonfiction)

Twelve U.S. presidents owned slaves, at some point in their lifetime. Eight owned slaves while serving in the White House.

look with your heart

by Denny Bitte

Double Trouble

The names Minnesota, in the US, and Winnipeg, in Canada, have the same meaning. Minnesota means “murky water” in Sioux. Winnipeg means “murky water” in Cree.

This is probably one of the most depressingly heart-wrenching photos I’ve ever seen. Native American children taken from their families and put into school to assimilate them into white society. the slogan for this governmental campaign ’“kill the Indian to save the man”. no official apology has ever been issued. never forgotten.

SLYTHERIN: “I am a great believer that anything not expressly forbidden is explicitly allowed.” -Garth Nix (Mogget: Clariel)

Things I Love, part one

I love history. I think it’s important to understand and remember the past because history is what made the human race the human race. I love planet Earth. I think everyone should see the world because no two places are the same, just like the people in these places. No place is just like your place, and no one is just like you. I love people. I think human beings are fascinating. Every brain works and thinks differently. The human consciousness is incredibly interesting. Sometimes two people’s consciousness will clash and fight, sometimes they will decide they like the company of each other, and sometimes they fall in love with each other and feel lost without the other. I love my faith. I think it is impossible to understand the concepts above without believing that something created it on purpose. The history of the universe didn't just happen. Earth didn't just poof into existence. The human brain would not be as detailed and intricate and amazing if a higher power was not responsible. My faith makes the world make sense to me. I may not share the same beliefs with everyone, and that’s ok. It works for some people, but not everyone, and that’s ok. Another thing I love: peace. The ability to coexist nonviolently with others is a beautiful gift that few possess.

These are some of the things I love.