Tag Archives: Tecumseh
HISTORY TIDBIT: NATIVE AMERICAN NAMES
The name bestowed on you by your parents should be the one you legally have, but this has not always been the case for First Nations/Native American people once the Europeans took over and started all that legal stuff. Unable to pronounce, let alone write, native names, what had become the powers-that-be either gave them […]
HISTORY TIDBIT: THE WAR OF 1812
On June 18th, 1812, the United States declared war on Britain. This declaration was the start of what would be known as the War of 1812, probably because that’s just so much easier to say than the more accurate ‘War of 1812-14’. It was sparked by American resentment to some of Britain’s high-handed responses to […]
Time Travelling With Kids 