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Oct 11, 2021, 6 tweets

The 1680 Pueblo Revolt should absolutely be more widely remembered in the US—greatest anti-colonial victory on the eventual territory of the US until the American Revolution:

Bit on how the Lakota in particular quashed French dreams of continent-wide empire in North America:

Napoleon’s complete failures in the Western Hemisphere still don’t get enough play:

The mid-19th century war between Lakotas and Crows was “the longest known war in the history of North America.”

Mapping Lakota territory per the original 1851 treaty:

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