Tag: Indian reservations

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Part 2 of 3 (Part 1 here, Part 3 here)

Rousas John Rushdoony didn’t experience the Armenian Genocide in the strictest sense, but he grew up around many Armenians who had, and it undoubtedly shaped his worldview. R. J. was every bit as intelligent as his father, so he focused on getting an education. It was in Detroit that a teacher encouraged him to become a writer. His father returned to California in 1933 to serve as a pastor in San Francisco, and R. J. completed high school in Kingsburg while living at his parents’ farm. (more…)

Laura Ingalls Wilder

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I recently visited De Smet, South Dakota. It’s a small town east of central South Dakota named for a black-robed Christian missionary to the Indians. There are many such towns across the North American prairie; what makes this one special is that it is the town where Laura Ingalls Wilder launched her teaching career at the age of 16. Wilder went on to immortalize De Smet, South Dakota, and her family in a series of semi-fictionalized books. (more…)