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  • Hensley's mother died when he was a baby and he was fostered by his grandmother for five years, until she died. Then he He became a secular and spiritual leader of the Winnebago, Dakota and Ojibwa peoples, spreading the Peyote religion among them.
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  • ...é where he worked and where he slept on the floor. He wanted to go to sea and a few years later walked to Baltimore, where he signed on as a cabin boy. H ...primacy has been ignored. He also fathered several African-Inuit children, and there are still Inuit who acknowledge him as their ancestor.
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  • ...wling alley and then became a mechanic. In 1917 he joined the armed forces and served in [[France]]. ...or military field hospitals (vital for the storage of blood and medicines) and kitchens.
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  • ...ption (see Roman Empire), where a childless or sonless couple adopts a boy or man as their heir. He was the birth brother of Sato Eisaku, who also became ...from 1957 to 1960. His high-handed political tactics lost him many allies, and he was forced to resign in 1960, but he continued to serve in the House of
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  • ...ption (see Roman Empire), where a childless or sonless couple adopts a boy or man as their heir. He was the birth brother of Sato Eisaku, who also became ...from 1957 to 1960. His high-handed political tactics lost him many allies, and he was forced to resign in 1960, but he continued to serve in the House of
    2 KB (274 words) - 16:24, 17 June 2014
  • ...09, "after 1911," "last reported living in Rome in 1911," 1911?, and "date and place of her death are unknown." ...college in 1859. She was accused of trying to poison two fellow-students, and in spite of being acquitted (her lawyer was [[John Mercer Langston]]), she
    4 KB (553 words) - 05:06, 27 February 2018
  • ...ge party, at which he was [[adopted]] by Lone Wolf I to replace Tau ah kia and given the name Lone Wolf. In 1879 he succeeded to the chieftainship. ...the lands of the Kiowa, once covering [[Oklahoma]], [[Kansas]], [[Texas]] and part of [[Mexico]], had been reduced to 160 acres per person.
    2 KB (322 words) - 19:04, 3 March 2018
  • ...eau of Indian Affairs boarding school he became a famous football fullback and was an active Methodist. He interpreted for [[Lone Wolf II]] in [[Washingto Hirschfelder, Arlene, and Molin, Paulette. [[Encyclopedia]] of Native American Religions: An Introduc
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  • ...children and so [[adopted]] Maretu, who was the son of a Rarotongan woman and a French man. ...l administrator, W.E. Gudgeon. In 1902 he was appointed an associate judge and advisor on native customs to the Rarotongan Land Titles Court.
    2 KB (240 words) - 19:50, 16 June 2014
  • ...itionalist Winnebago family, Mountain Wolf Woman converted to Christianity and then to Peyotism. ...in her birth family. She was an influential member of the Peyote religion, and foretold her own death in 1960.
    1 KB (162 words) - 19:55, 16 June 2014
  • ...schools. The acknowledged reason for this was to eradicate Native American and Alaskan Native culture. ...ny respects this was like the treatment meted out to Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children.
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  • ...a recent biography which attempts to get at the truth from both the white and Maori sides. ...illage of Mawhitiwhiti, son of a Christian lay preacher, Te Karere Omahuru and his wife, Hinewai, during a time of ferment, following the Maori Wars of a
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  • ...i Shivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Sourc ...mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
    22 KB (3,498 words) - 00:55, 4 March 2018
  • ...i Shivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Sourc ...mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
    22 KB (3,498 words) - 04:21, 4 March 2018
  • ...mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas. ...appoint him heir apparent. This parallels similar customs in ancient Rome and during the [[Chinese Qing Dynasty]].
    22 KB (3,449 words) - 04:26, 4 March 2018
  • ...i Shivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Sourc ...mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
    22 KB (3,498 words) - 04:29, 4 March 2018
  • ...i Shivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Sourc ...mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
    22 KB (3,498 words) - 04:34, 4 March 2018
  • ...to the Ngati Apa and Ngati Rauru tribes. He was [[adopted]] by Ria Hamuera and brought up on family land at Te Kawau. In 1912 his senior kinswoman, Mere R ...phet and healer. His reputation spread rapidly throughout the Maori people and he became the center of a community of believers. Initially he told his fol
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  • ...i Shivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Sourc ...mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
    22 KB (3,499 words) - 05:04, 4 March 2018
  • ...i Shivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Sourc ...mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
    22 KB (3,498 words) - 05:15, 4 March 2018
  • ...i Shivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Sourc ...mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
    22 KB (3,498 words) - 02:58, 5 March 2018
  • ...i Shivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Sourc ...mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
    22 KB (3,498 words) - 03:13, 5 March 2018
  • ...i Shivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Sourc ...mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
    22 KB (3,498 words) - 03:16, 5 March 2018
  • ...i Shivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Sourc ...mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
    22 KB (3,498 words) - 04:04, 5 March 2018
  • ...i Shivaji Raje Bhonsle was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire and in essence the father of all Maratha Princely States of_India'''<br />Sourc ...mostly) with a wide range of titles in addition to the familiar maharajahs and rajas.
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