The Indianapolis Star, Indiana, February 2, 1936
To learn which questions are unanswerable, and not to answer them: this skill is most needful in times of stress and darkness.
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Anton Corbijn (1988)
Depeche Mode in Prague, Jewish Cemetery, Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic now) Franz Kafka’s grave
On this day, 17 March 1876 US troops attacked sleeping Cheyenne and Oglala Sioux people in Montana in the Battle of Powder River, marking the beginning of the Sioux wars. They destroyed the village and stole large amounts of the Native Americans’ possessions. However fortunately there were not many casualties, and the Cheyenne and Sioux managed to regroup and recapture 500 of their horses the next morning. The incident solidified resistance to US attempts to force Native Americans from the Black Hills and live on a reservation. More info in this excellent book of American history from an Indian perspective: https://ift.tt/2GR2Ykq
Pictured: the battlefield today https://ift.tt/2TQ5O3g
After “the world’s largest beach clean-up” at Mumbai’s Versova beach, Olive Ridley turtles returned to lay eggs for the first time in 20 years. Previously, the beach was basically a garbage dump with waste piled five feet high. But for the last two years, hundreds of volunteers worked to clean it up.
