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JL Rascal
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“Don’t go looking for Tecumseh” – but we did, so to honor the greatest Native American
“Don’t go looking for Tecumseh.” This warning from Native Americans has echoed across Ohio, Michigan, Canada and beyond, over the two centuries since Tecumseh died in battle on October 5, 1813, in southern Ontario during the War of 1812. What is not a mystery is how the Shawnee chief and…
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Sensationalism shadows ancient Ohio history, for better or for worse
Even the experts get it wrong once in a while.Erected in 1929, on a ridge over a Maumee River floodplain south of Toledo, is an impressive statue commemorating the Battle of Fallen Timbers. It was the height of summer 1794, and a Native American confederacy made what would amount to one of several…
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Native American “grave robbing” still legal on private property during Ohio’s construction boom
Ohio is one of three states which allows the owners of private property to do as they please with human remains if dug up during construction on their property, according to the Ohio Archeological Council. Couple that with the construction boom across Central Ohio, and Ohio-based Native American…
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Columbus’s 21 area commissions also in powerbrokers’ crosshairs
Similar to local Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) offices and programs, Columbus’s 21 area commissions could someday be shuttered by those in power, several housing advocates and activists told the Free Press.While fundamentally different, DEI offices and area commissions share similar…