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Rubin Museum's Faith and Empire: Tibetan Buddhist Art
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Rubin Museum's Faith and Empire: Tibetan Buddhist Art

Faith and Empire: Art and Politics in Tibetan Buddhism, a new exhibition at the Rubin Museum of Art in New York, explores the dynamic historical intersection of politics, religion, and art as reflected...
Ten Great Slave Revolts in Colonial America and the United States
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Ten Great Slave Revolts in Colonial America and the United States

There were 250-311 slave revolts in Colonial America and the United States between c. 1663 and c. 1860 as defined by scholar Herbert Aptheker (l. 1915-2003), but, almost certainly, many...
The Life and Death of Sweet Medicine
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The Life and Death of Sweet Medicine

The Life and Death of Sweet Medicine is a Cheyenne tale of the great prophet and law-giver Sweet Medicine who received the sacred Four Arrows, structure of government, and rules of society from Maheo, the Wise...
Love, Sex, and Marriage in Ancient Egypt
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Love, Sex, and Marriage in Ancient Egypt

Although marriages in ancient Egypt were arranged for communal stability and personal advancement, there is evidence that romantic love was as important to the people as it is to those in today. Romantic love...
Old Woman's Water and the Buffalo Cap
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Old Woman's Water and the Buffalo Cap

Old Woman's Water and the Buffalo Cap is a Cheyenne tale of the two great culture heroes Standing-on-the-Ground and Sweet Medicine and how they brought back the buffalo to the people and established the tradition...
The Mandate of Heaven and The Yellow Turban Rebellion
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The Mandate of Heaven and The Yellow Turban Rebellion

Throughout history, in order for a government to be respected and obeyed, it must possess some form of legitimacy recognized by the governed. Governmental systems have relied on a number of models...
Wihio and Coyote
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Wihio and Coyote

Wihio and Coyote is a tale of the Cheyenne nation featuring the trickster figure Wihio in the dual role of villain and victim. The trickster figure appears in the stories of many different Native American nations as an often unwilling...
Ten Noble and Notorious Women of Ancient Greece
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Ten Noble and Notorious Women of Ancient Greece

Women in ancient Greece, outside of Sparta, had almost no rights and no political or legal power. Even so, some women broke through the social and cultural restrictions to make their mark on history. All...
Early Media Coverage of the Sand Creek Massacre and Continuing Controversy
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Early Media Coverage of the Sand Creek Massacre and Continuing Controversy

The earliest reports on the Sand Creek Massacre (29 November 1864) characterized it as a great battle in which the Third Colorado Cavalry under Colonel John Chivington defeated a...
The Sky Beings: Thunder and His Helpers
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The Sky Beings: Thunder and His Helpers

The Sky Beings: Thunder and His Helpers is a legend of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy of the Six Nations of the Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Seneca, and Tuscarora. The story features the supernatural...
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