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Native Americans in the American Revolution: The History We Didn’t Learn

The featured image brings together images of Dr. David Silverman and Adel Aali from the interview, superimposed on the Betsy Ross flag, alongside the image of Dr. Silverman’s 2026 book, "Chosen and The Damned: Native Americans and the Making of Race in the United States". This interview is available at AARevolution.net

Introduction In this interview: “The Haudenosaunee’s Central Council fire in Onondaga, the site of modern day Syracuse, New York, had been burning as a symbol of the Confederacy of these people since before colonization…. for hundreds of years, they extinguished the council fire during the American Revolution and say, everyone can go their own way […]