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Last Words of the First Nations, Black Hawk | Speeches from the Old West
Season 6 · Episode 9

Last Words of the First Nations, Black Hawk | Speeches from the Old West

The Speech Guys

August 30, 20251h 46m

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Show Notes

The Speech Guys go back to the beginning with words by the first westerners--in this case, Black Hawk, after the Sauk and Meskawi lost possession of land in northern Illinois and Wisconsin in 1832.

Fact check: Mike comments on the distinction between the Sioux and Lakota. The "Sioux" refers to a larger aggregation of the Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota.

Fact check: The anti-sematic social media posts of the Palestinian graduate student is discussed here in the Wall Street Journal.

Thumbnail image is a depiction of Black Hawk by George Catlin in 1832 and used from Wikipedia.