Tuesday, December 14, 1915. A petition.

Native American Rev. Red Fox James PH D. D. D (Red Fox Skiuhushu) presumed to be from the Blackfoot Tribe of Montana, arrived in Washington D.C. after riding 4,000 miles on horseback from state to state seeking approval for a day to honor Native Americans. His starting point was the Crow Reservation in Montana, or Sheridan Wyoming.

He presented his petition on this day.

He was  an active member of the Society of American Indians and was the Most High Chief of the Tipi Order of America. He was also the first to organize the Indian Boy Scouts in America, at the United States Indian School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

He had been born in Canada in 1884 and lived to at least 1946.

The ride is the origin of Native American Heritage Month.

Central Park in New York on this day:

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Sunday, December 12, 1915. Allied failure in Macedonia.

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Wednesday, November 3, 1875. A fateful day.

President Ulysses S. Grant held a secret meeting with his cabinet and top military officials to decide on a strategy to force Native American tribes to move onto reservations in the West.  For the most part, they already had, but leaving the reservations seasonally was common.  With an increased agricultural and industrial population in the West, including forces which wished to exploit mining opportunities, real or imagined, this was an increasing problem for Washington.

This was a major step toward launching the final series of Indian Wars in the Rocky Mountain West.  While various struggles would continue into the 1890s, 1876, the following year, would be the deciding one.

By odd coincidence, November is Native American Heritage Month.

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Tuesday, November 2, 1875 Fourth Wyoming Territorial Legislature.

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