Colorado women won the right to vote in the general election of November 7, 1893.     Denver Post file photo. Colorado women at the polls in 1894 after winning the right to vote in the 1893 general election.

Two massive campaigns prior to this ended in failure at the polls, even though the second election in 1877 was backed by such notables as John Evans, N.C. Meeker and Benjamin Eaton.
Through continued efforts, a bill placing women’s suffrage on the ballot for 1893’s general election was presented by Representative John Heath. The bill passed both houses and was signed by Governor Davis Waite.

The suffragettes opened campaign headquarters in the Tabor Grand Opera House in rooms donated by Baby Doe Tabor. The state was flooded with literature and the press and political parties backed the movement.
On November 7, the Colorado male electorate voted yes on women’s suffrage. The election returns were 35,698 votes for and 29,461 against.

Mrs. John L. Routt, the wife of the first state governor, was the first woman to register to vote.

Resource: denverpost.com

On this day in 1962, the United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution condemning South Africa’s racist apartheid policies and calling on all its members to end economic and military relations with the country. In effect from 1948 to 1993, apartheid, which comes from the Afrikaans word for… read more »

In Minnesota, more than 300 Santee Sioux are found guilty of raping and murdering Anglo settlers and are sentenced to hang.

A month later, President Abraham Lincoln commuted all but 39 of the death sentences. One of the Native Americans was granted a last-minute reprieve, but the other 38 were hanged simultaneously on December 26 in a mass execution witnessed by a large crowd of Minnesotans.

The Santee Sioux were found guilty of joining in the so-called “Minnesota Uprising,” which was actually part of the wider Indian wars that occurred throughout the West during the second half of the nineteenth century.

For nearly half a century, Anglo settlers invaded the Santee Sioux territory in the Minnesota Valley, and government pressure gradually forced the Native peoples to relocate to smaller reservations along the Minnesota River.

At the reservations, the Santee were badly mistreated by corrupt federal Indian agents and contractors; during July 1862, the agents pushed the Native Americans to the brink of starvation by refusing to distribute stores of food because they had not yet received their customary kickback payments. The contractors callously ignored the Santee’s pleas for help.

Outraged and at the limits of their endurance, the Santee struck back, killing Anglo settlers and taking women as hostages. The initial efforts of the U.S. Army to stop the Santee warriors failed, and in a battle at Birch Coulee, Santee Sioux killed 13 American soldiers and wounded another 47 soldiers. However, on September 23, a force under the leadership of General Henry H. Sibley finally defeated the main body of Santee warriors at Wood Lake, recovering many of the hostages and forcing most of the Native Americans to surrender. 

The subsequent trials of the prisoners gave little attention to the injustices the Native Americans had suffered on the reservations and largely catered to the popular desire for revenge. However, President Lincoln’s commutation of the majority of the death sentences clearly reflected his understanding that the Minnesota Uprising had been rooted in a long history of Anglo abuse of the Santee Sioux.

Ask yourself, what would be your response?

Don’t get it twisted… Abe’s momentary reflection of the abuse of Native Americans by “Anglo” people didn’t reduce the number of deaths on either side then or in the future, frankly. History, on this Heritage Month day.

The info is only as good as the facts and we have no idea if that video above is…

please correct the narrator if you can

-Nativegrl

National Doughnut Day started in 1939 as a fundraiser for Chicago’s Salvation Army, honoring the group’s “Lassies” of World War I who served doughnuts to soldiers. Doughnuts dates to mid to the mid 19th century though many places lay claim to inventing the breakfast (or anytime) favorite.

 And there will be another National Donut Day on Sunday, November 5, 2023. This recognized day of doughy goodness is thought to coincide with the “birthday” of the United States Marine Corps, which is on November 10.

Here are some of the best deals National Doughnut Deals we’ve found. Be sure to check ahead with your favorite spot to make sure they are participating. And don’t forget to check with local doughnut spots – many will be offering their own deals.

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