Welcome to Flag Steward's
Be a Stud Citizen - Reminders from Our Flag
for Monday, February 8, 2021
[ Flags fly at Flag Steward HQ during Feb. 2020 sunset - pic by S. Sweeney ]
Be a Stud Citizen - Reminders from Our Flag
for Monday, February 8, 2021
[ Flags fly at Flag Steward HQ during Feb. 2020 sunset - pic by S. Sweeney ]
[ 3 Ways for Students to Experience today's 'Be a Stud Citizen' - Reminders from Our Flag: ]
[ 1) Scroll down this page and read it to yourself or perform it aloud for your school / classroom. If reading the page to a classroom, skip any text in [ brackets ].
2) Play & listen to the 'BASC' podcast as you or your classroom follow along while scrolling down this page on a device or classroom projection
or, 3) Play & watch, by yourself or with your classrooom on a projector, the screen captured short video performance of this page ]
[ 1) Scroll down this page and read it to yourself or perform it aloud for your school / classroom. If reading the page to a classroom, skip any text in [ brackets ].
2) Play & listen to the 'BASC' podcast as you or your classroom follow along while scrolling down this page on a device or classroom projection
or, 3) Play & watch, by yourself or with your classrooom on a projector, the screen captured short video performance of this page ]
[ Note: Flag Steward's 'Be a Stud Citizen' podcasts are available on nearly all podcast platforms for you to listen and enjoy however you prefer. ]
[ Note: If you can't access or play videos from YouTube in your school, then GO / CLICK HERE to watch today's stories from Our Flag on Loom. ]
Where is Our Flag, the U.S. Flag, at half-staff today?
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Today's Historical Moment from Our Flag
[ 1911 ad from US Deptmt of Interior offer alloted land for sale = public domain image ]
In an effort to save American Indians (Native Americans) from being killed off and helping them to adjust to being like "European-Americans," U.S. Senator Henry Dawes and Alice Fletcher, a social scientist, wrote and pushed through Congress the Dawes Act of 1887 (shown below). The act (law) was passed on February 8th of 1887. This law provided tax-free land to the Indigenous people (Native Americans), so they could learn to live off the land.
Unfortunately, this plan and law back-fired. It turned out to be a land-grab from the Native Americans, who lost 92 million of the 138 million acres they owned and called their communal lands before the Dawes Act. A sad, tragic event in American history.
In an effort to save American Indians (Native Americans) from being killed off and helping them to adjust to being like "European-Americans," U.S. Senator Henry Dawes and Alice Fletcher, a social scientist, wrote and pushed through Congress the Dawes Act of 1887 (shown below). The act (law) was passed on February 8th of 1887. This law provided tax-free land to the Indigenous people (Native Americans), so they could learn to live off the land.
Unfortunately, this plan and law back-fired. It turned out to be a land-grab from the Native Americans, who lost 92 million of the 138 million acres they owned and called their communal lands before the Dawes Act. A sad, tragic event in American history.
Today's (Sadly) Enlightening Quotes from Our Flag
"The Indian may now become a free man;
free from the thralldom of the tribe;
free from the domination of the reservation system;
free to enter into the body of our citizens.
This bill may therefore be considered as the Magna Carta of the Indians of our country."
-Alice Fletcher
"The Dawes Act was a way to break up the whole tribal structure of Native American nations. Instead of saying you are a group of people, all of a sudden you are individual landowners ─ you are Americans. And so it was designed to break up community, to civilize people, make us farmers, and also break up our tribal structure."
-Charlotte Black Elk
"The Indian may now become a free man;
free from the thralldom of the tribe;
free from the domination of the reservation system;
free to enter into the body of our citizens.
This bill may therefore be considered as the Magna Carta of the Indians of our country."
-Alice Fletcher
"The Dawes Act was a way to break up the whole tribal structure of Native American nations. Instead of saying you are a group of people, all of a sudden you are individual landowners ─ you are Americans. And so it was designed to break up community, to civilize people, make us farmers, and also break up our tribal structure."
-Charlotte Black Elk
Today's Fun from Our Flag
... is a cold, eye-opening joke aimed at a sad part of our American heritage ...
Why do Native Americans dislike the month of April?
Well, as the old saying goes, "April showers bring May flowers." And, Mayflowers bring white people to take over their lands.
Why do Native Americans dislike the month of April?
Well, as the old saying goes, "April showers bring May flowers." And, Mayflowers bring white people to take over their lands.
What is vegetarian called by Native Americans?
A vegetarian is a bad hunter, of course. :)
And, now it's time to ...
Recite the Pledge of Allegiance
Recite the Pledge of Allegiance
Students across America, at school or at home, understanding of a major American mistake, the Dawes Act, and the need to be better to each other, please unite and recite the Pledge.
Thanks for participating in today's U.S. Flag tribute.
This is Sean Sweeney, a fellow Flag Steward, signing-off:
Go out and 'be a stud citizen' today
Keep America Beautiful, and remember,
In God We Trust
This is Sean Sweeney, a fellow Flag Steward, signing-off:
Go out and 'be a stud citizen' today
Keep America Beautiful, and remember,
In God We Trust
In God We Trust
(Official motto of the United States of America)
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