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A Battle During the French and Indian War
Daniel Day-Lewis, Russell Means, and Eric Schweig in The Last of the Mohicans (1992). Photo by Morgan Creek Productions.
The movie is set in 1757 during the French and Indian War.
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Sculpture of an Indian Lion
In India, the lion is known as the Lord of Beasts and has royal associations. This marble white panel is an architectural figure from the base of an Indian temple. From India, 11th century CE. (National Museum of Scotland...
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Mohicans During the French and Indian War
Madeleine Stowe, Jodhi May, Wes Studi, and Steven Waddington in The Last of the Mohicans (1992). Image by Morgan Creek Productions.
The movie is set in 1757 during the French and Indian War.
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Trail of Tears: Memorial and Protest of the Cherokee Nation by John Ross
The Trail of Tears was the forced relocation of the "Five Civilized Tribes" – Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee Creek, and Seminole – from their ancestral lands in the Southeastern...
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Interview: Bejeweled Sri Lanka
The first comprehensive survey of Sri Lankan art organized by an American museum, The Jeweled Isle: Art from Sri Lanka, on show now at the LACMA in Los Angeles, California, presents some 250 works addressing nearly...
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Amorous Indian Couple Relief
Amorous couple from central India, Chandella Dynasty, 11th century CE.
Exhibited at Museum Rietberg, Zurich, Switzerland.
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Indigo Revolt
The Indigo Revolt (aka Indigo Riots or Blue Mutiny) of 1859-60 in Bengal, India, involved indigo growers going on strike in protest at working conditions and pay. The subsequent violence was aimed at exploitative European plantation...
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Ancient Indian Maritime Trade Routes
This map is derived from the book Periplus of the Erythraean Sea. It depicts trade routes in the ancient world, ports in the Chera territory and other parts of India and the trade routes connecting them to other...
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James McLaughlin, US Indian Inspector
James McLaughlin (l. 1842-1923), US Indian Inspector of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, best known for ordering the arrest of the Sioux Chief Sitting Bull in December 1890 and requesting the troops that participated...
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Indian Massacre of 1622
Indian Massacre of 1622. A colorized version of a woodcut by Matthaeus Merian published along with Theodore de Bry's earlier engravings in a book on the New World, 1628. The engraving shows the 1622 massacre when Powhatan...
