The Modoc War ("Ishi's Legacy")

A short five-minute clip from "Ishi's Legacy" on California Native history. Starvation and the threat of outright slaughter forced the California Modoc Indians onto a federal reservation. Negligence on the part of white leaders would force them off it again in 1872. When Modoc chief Kintpuash (Captain Jack) led his people off the Klamath Reservation in Oregon to return to their homeland in California, federal troops under the leadership of General Edward Canby were ordered to apprehend the Modocs. What resulted is the so-called "Modoc War," in which less than one-hundred California Indians successfully outlasted eight hundred federal troops for more than four months. Produced and edited by Ciaran M. Vejby

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• Captain Jack
• Kintpuash
• Modoc War
• Ishi's Legacy
• California Indian history
• General Edward Canby
• Klamath
• National Indian Justice Center
• Ciaran Vejby

[TheSirMohawk]

People in this country should truly be ashamed of their history, in the way that the indigenous peoples have been historically been treated.

[humanTFC]

holy shit its Rueben preston!

[rikkiindustries]

I have been reading a book called "Lest we forget"  in which it mentioned the Modoc War which I had never heard of. Thank you for the interesting information contained in this clip

[Animeluver20003]

Thx 4 the info,I need it for my report. :)

[Gloomchi]

хуета

[FlintknapperJimmy]

One word: Genecide