Potawatomi Tobacco Story
An old man had a dream that something extraordinary would grow in his garden which was in a clearing he had made nearby. The people of his village grew to suspect that something was going on, but they could see nothing.
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The Whirling Rainbow Prophecy
When the earth is ravaged and the animals are dying, a new tribe of people shall come unto the earth from many colors, classes, creeds and who by their actions and deeds shall make the earth green again. They will be known as the warriors of the rainbow. — Native American Prophecy
Chief Standing Bear of the Ponca tribe
Chief Standing Bear of the Ponca tribe was the central figure of an 1879 court case that established that Native Americans are "persons" under the law. Standing Bear's desire to honor his son's wish that he be buried in his Nebraska birthplace led to the trial for which he is best remembered today.
Comanche Peyote Leader Red Sun (Without Eyes)
James Mooney traveled to Comanche land to gain an understanding of the Comanche Peyote Ceremony. He saw the ritual as a fountain of honesty and of true spiritual inspiration.
The Rosetta Stone
The Rosetta Stone was found in July 1799 by French officer Pierre-François Bouchard during the Napoleonic campaign in Egypt. It was the first Ancient Egyptian bilingual text recovered in modern times.
The Hellenistic Period
In Classical antiquity, the Hellenistic period covers the time in Mediterranean history after Classical Greece, between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the emergence of the Roman Empire. The Ancient Greek word Hellas was gradually recognized as the name for Greece.
The Dual Aspect of the Mind and Body
The dual aspect of the mind and body.
The view is derived from the metaphysics of Benedict de Spinoza. The mental and the material are different aspects or attributes of a unitary reality, which itself is neither mental nor material.
The History of Education
The first education system was created in the Xia dynasty (2076–1600 BC) Government built schools to educate aristocrats about rituals, literature, and archery. The first schools in Ancient Rome arose by the middle of the 4th century BC.
Update: Breeders using the term adoption
Update: Breeders using the term adoption
Dog breeders using the term adoption
Dog breeders using the term adoption
Pythagoras Theorem
Pythagoras' theorem is a fundamental relation in Euclidean geometry between the three sides of a right triangle. The theorem is named for the Greek philosopher Pythagoras, born around 570 BC. The theorem has been proven numerous times by many different methods – possibly the most for any mathematical theorem.
History of mathematics
Before the modern age and the worldwide spread of knowledge, written examples of new mathematical developments have come to light only in a few locales. From 3000 BC the Mesopotamian states of Sumer, Akkad and Assyria, followed closely by Ancient Egypt and the Levantine state of Ebla.
