How Indigenous Women Inspired the Women’s Rights Movement; Sitting Bull, Lakota Sioux Warrior and Chief

Hightailing Through History

Welcome to episode 48! November is Native American Heritage Month and we wanted to highlight some Indigenous stories! First, Laurel starts with the story of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy and how their society inspired suffragists in Women’s Rights Movements of the 19th and early 20th centuries! Next, KT takes us through the life of Lakota Sioux warrior and chief, Sitting Bull.

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Mentioned in the Stories:

Whose Land Are You On?

Haudenosaunee Territory Map

2021 PBS Documentary "Without a Whisper"

Picture of Sitting Bull

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The Socials! Instagram - @HightailingHistory TikTok- @HightailingHistoryPod Facebook -Hightailing Through History or @HightailingHistory Twitter - @HightailingPod *~*~*~*~ Source Materials: Haudenosaunee-- https://americanindian.si.edu/sites/1/files/pdf/education/HaudenosauneeGuide.pdf https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/how-native-american-women-inspired-the-women-s-rights-movement.htm https://www.lwv.org/blog/how-native-american-women-inspired-womens-suffrage-movement https://www.nps.gov/articles/the-internationalist-history-of-the-us-suffrage-movement.htm#_edn4 https://www.feminist.com/resources/artspeech/genwom/iroquoisinfluence.html https://www.pbs.org/filmfestival/films/without-a-whisper Sitting Bull-- https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.history.com/.amp/topics/native-american-history/sitting-bull https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/oakley-sitting-bull/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standing_Rock_Indian_Reservation https://cantetenza.wordpress.com/about/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Little_Bighorn https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.history.com/.amp/news/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-sitting-bull *~*~*~*~ Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/