The Memory Holes: Debunking the Myths Surrounding the Pilgrims in Plymouth, MA

June 26, 2021 / by Malcolm Logan

It was idealism that motivated them, idealism and a self-righteous belief in their own rectitude. Prickly is a word that might have been used to describe them, as well as narrow minded and intolerant. They were not easy people to get along with. They left England because they feared persecution…

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Massachusetts, The East

Losing Nantucket: How Massachusetts’ Iconic Whaling Port is Being Slowly Hunted to Extinction

June 19, 2021 / by Malcolm Logan

Nantucket is under threat. Like a humpback whale pursued by a skillful harpooner, the charming 18th century seaport is under siege from the modern world at every turn. Even the ferries that carry 1,600 visitors a day to the island each summer have been a target. In June of 2021,…

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Connecticut, The East

Jackpot: How a Questionable Indian Tribe Built the Richest Casino in the World and then Lost it All in Ledyard, CT

June 12, 2021 / by Malcolm Logan

In 1995 the richest casino in the world was not located in Las Vegas or Atlantic City. It was located in Ledyard, CT. Foxwoods Resort Casino operated by the Mashantucket Pequot Indian tribe enjoyed gross earnings exceeding $1 billion, with net earnings in excess of $300 million. Because it was…

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The Mountain States, Utah

Good Medicine: A Spiritual Journey Through Monument Valley

March 2, 2020 / by Malcolm Logan

As a child he witnessed magic. Among the spires of orange and russet rock, in the shadows of parapets ribboned with plum colored bands left by long receded seas, he watched as the Hopi medicine man placed the tip of an eagle feather against his mother’s neck and sang. His…

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Arizona

America’s First War on Terror: Sundown at Fort Bowie, AZ

January 20, 2019 / by Malcolm Logan

When he found the bodies, George Bascom was furious. Didn’t this prove what he had been saying all along, that the Indian chief and his followers were ruthless killers? They had undoubtedly slain the little boy too, which was why they had been refusing to return him. The four bodies…

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South Dakota, The Plains States

Ghost Dance: The Bitter Legacy of the Badlands Sioux

June 15, 2016 / by Malcolm Logan

At the South Unit of Badlands National Park in South Dakota there’s a visitor center that doesn’t really want visitors. The South Unit is a haunting landscape of fantastically eroded buttes, pinnacles and spires. Together with its deep draws, high tables and rolling prairies, it is one of the most…

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Oklahoma, The Plains States

Deep Reservations: Visiting a Haunted Indian School in Concho, OK

March 13, 2015 / by Malcolm Logan

The ghosts of children are said to haunt the abandoned hallways of the Concho Indian Boarding School in Concho, Oklahoma. Paranormalists take their EVP recording devices to the school and pick up the sounds of disembodied voices. The air grows chilly. Doors slam. Objects come flying out of nowhere. The…

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Native American history

The Memory Holes: Debunking the Myths Surrounding the Pilgrims in Plymouth, MA

Losing Nantucket: How Massachusetts’ Iconic Whaling Port is Being Slowly Hunted to Extinction

Jackpot: How a Questionable Indian Tribe Built the Richest Casino in the World and then Lost it All in Ledyard, CT

Good Medicine: A Spiritual Journey Through Monument Valley

America’s First War on Terror: Sundown at Fort Bowie, AZ

Ghost Dance: The Bitter Legacy of the Badlands Sioux

Deep Reservations: Visiting a Haunted Indian School in Concho, OK

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