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Nov 4, 2020
4 min

Malcolm has risen

In the beginning there was Jefferson. If Thomas Jefferson had done nothing more than write the Declaration of Independence he would still...

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hvplanet

Nov 4, 2020
2 min

The Flu pandemic of 1918

As we live through the current Coronavirus pandemic there have been many comparisons made to the 1918 pandemic which infected about 500 m...

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hvplanet

May 28, 2019
5 min

The quest for North Korea

As President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un arrived in Hanoi for their second summit I began thinking about the roots of Ameri...

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Buffalo Bill Cody and the shaping of modern America

hvplanet

Feb 27, 2019
5 min

Buffalo Bill Cody and the shaping of modern America

Take a moment. Close your eyes and picture a cowboy. OK, ready? Did you visualize a tall white man wearing a Stetson hat, two guns fasten...

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hvplanet

Feb 11, 2019
4 min

The true story of an American hero

“My grandfather taught me to be a warrior. During WWII this training had come in handy and I completed the four requirements for a Crow I...

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hvplanet

Jan 25, 2019
5 min

The treaty of New York

Can America learn from its past? There have been approximately 368 treaties drawn up between the U.S. Government and the Native Americans...

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hvplanet

Nov 2, 2018
2 min

The war on drugs

The first war on drugs in the Americas didn’t begin with Richard Nixon in the 1970’s, or even with Prohibition in the 1920’s. It actuall...

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Michael Stein

Jun 20, 2018
4 min

Native history blog

Welcome to the first installment of my blog. The purpose of this blog is to tell true-life stories of the original owners of the America...

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