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Following from the Newlands Resolution, on April 30th 1900. President McKinley signed the Hawaiian Organic Act. As a result, this formally made the islands of Hawaii a territory of the United States.

The Organic Act redefined the political…

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This is a wet-plate processed photograph of a group of Indigenous people in Yosemite Valley, California. The appearance of the four subjects is muddy, with soil streaks on their faces and clothes. The title is actually a derogative term used by white…

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This is a gold nugget that was found by Alice Shea, after she saw a gold glint wedged in a boulder as she walked to her husband’s claim. It weights 52oz or 1642grams This happened in 1937 northern British Columbia, before being sold to the BC…
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