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On January 29, 2008, in Galveston County, Texas, United States, three-month-old Alijah Mullis (born October 29, 2007) was found dead along a roadside at Seawall Boulevard. Investigations later connected the victim's father as a suspect behind the murder, and the father, Travis James Mullis (September 20, 1986 – September 24, 2024 ...
The Karankawa's autonym is Né-ume, meaning "the people". [1]The name Karakawa has numerous spellings in Spanish, French, and English. [1] [12]Swiss-American ethnologist Albert S. Gatschet wrote that the name Karakawa may have come from the Comecrudo terms klam or glám, meaning "dog", and kawa, meaning "to love, like, to be fond of."
1847), first mayor of Galveston; George Childress (1804–1841), author of the Texas Declaration of Independence; Warren D. C. Hall (1794–1867), Secretary of War for the Republic of Texas; Sara Haden (1899–1981), actress; Edward Lea (1837–1863), United States Navy officer killed in the Battle of Galveston; James Love, U.S. Representative
The Akokisa (also known as the Accokesaws, Arkokisa, or Orcoquiza [1]) were an Indigenous tribe who lived on Galveston Bay and the lower Trinity and Sabine rivers in Texas, primarily in the present-day Greater Houston area. [2] They were a band of the Atakapa Indians, closely related to the Atakapa of Lake Charles, Louisiana. [3]
At least 4,500 California Indians were killed between 1849 and 1870, while many more were weakened and perished due to disease and starvation. [108] 10,000 Indians were also kidnapped and sold as slaves. [109] In a speech before representatives of Native American peoples in June 2019, California governor Gavin Newsom apologized for the genocide ...
A string of back-to-back deaths of Indian students at colleges like Purdue, the University of Illinois and the University of Cincinnati have left South Asians shaken.
David G. Burnet (1788–1870), Republic of Texas President; Norris Wright Cuney (1846–1898), politician, businessman, union leader, and African-American activist; Walter Gresham (1841–1920), US Congressman from Texas's 10th congressional district
Twenty-six years ago, the world looked on as Prince William and Prince Harry said goodbye to their mom. Read on for photos of the day Diana, Princess of Wales was laid to rest.