gregory's abbey, shawnee, oklahoma, 21 monks. st. gregory's abbey has been in shawnee for a little over 100 years. we have been in what is now oklahoma for 142 years. it was indian territory in 1875. our founders were from france, and after the civil war a larger number of native american tribes and peoples were being relocated to indian territory. a good number of these tribes and nations were catholic and needed catholic ministry, catholic education, but there was no structure of the catholic church in the region. our tubing monks -- two monks were looking for a permanent location to establish our community, so when the bishops of the united states established the indian territories its own region of the church, they asked us as monks to come and provide that ministry and education programs to native american people, so we explored the whole territory and eventually entered into an agreement with the pottawatomie nation that had recently been moved into the territory and establishment sacred heart abbey, academy, and mission. that w

shawnee. we will get off on the street. to our west is oklahoma city which is about a 35 mile drive from shawnee. as we crest of this hill, you can see the community which is fairly developed along the interstate. shani went through a rebranding campaign. things onine is great the horizon. you conceive coming into the community, we are quite noticeable. >> commented people live here? >> 31,000 people. population is probably 70 to 100,000. city limits proper comey are at about 31,000. >> who lives here? what are folks doing here? who does it draw? >> we are far enough from oklahoma city that we are our own community. we have been in it -- been in existence for over 100 years per we are close enough to oklahoma city that we benefit from that proximity. we have a number of people who commute to oklahoma city for work. our largest local economic drivers include four area tribes, oklahoma baptist university, 2200 students and several hundred employees. >> right now, we are driving through oklahoma university. tell me about the university. how does that

next, a look at our recent visit to shawnee, oklahoma. you're watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> i like to describe it as a match only god can make in heaven. the original monks arrived in new orleans in 1872, thinking they had an invitation from the catholic bishop of new orleans to establish a monastery there, but when they arrived he said what are you talking about, i'm looking for missionaries not monks. years these two monks were looking for a permanent home but cannot find the right situation where they were really wanted, for whatever reasons, it was very complex. at the same time, the american indian peoples were being removed to this territory because the increasing white population did not want them in the land where they were trying to expand, and so they were being removed. this territory, i suppose, was chosen because, to put it bluntly, no white people wanted this territory yet good the monks that nobody wanted went to a land that nobody wanted to server people that nobody wanted, so was a

americaneekend, history tv is joining our broadband partners to showcase the history of shawnee, oklahoma. to learn more about the cities on our current tour, visit www.c-span.org. we continue now with our look at the history of shawnee. >> we took a driving tour of the city manager. >> thank you so much for agreeing to show us around here today. justin: i am happy to be here. thank you so much for joining me. >> where are we now? we are on the interstate, heading into town. justin: we are heading east into shawnee, and we will get off , to our west is oklahoma city, about a 35-mile drive from shawnee. as we are crossing this hill, you can see it is fairly developed along the interstate. shawnee just went through a rebranding, and the line is great things on the horizon. coming into the community, we are quite noticeable. >> how many people live in shawnee? just in: 31,000. a little over 70,000 in the county, so our original population is probably 70,000 to 100,000, but the city proper you are right around 31,000. >> what are the economic drivers? who does it draw? justin: we are far enou

to all of the services they provide for us. >> this weekend, american history tv is featuring shawnee, oklahoma pierced staff recently visited many sites showcasing its history. merck re-asked her not gordon cooper was born in shawnee in 1927 and became the first astronaut to sleep in space it can 63. learn more about shawnee all weekend here on american history tv. >> i like to describe it as a match that only god could make in heaven. the original monks arrived in new orleans in 1872 thinking they have the invitation from to patient of new orleans establish a monastery there. when they arrived, they are like, what are you talking about, i'm looking for missionaries, not months -- not monks. monksree years, the two were looking for a permanent home. but they could not find the right situation where they were really wanted. for whatever reason. it is very complex. the same time, american indian peoples were being removed to this territory because the increasing white population did not want them in a land where they were trying to expand. they were being removed. the territory are suppose was c

justin: we are heading east into shawnee, and we will get off west of oklahoma city, about a 35-mile drive from shawnee. >> how many people live in shawnee? justin: a little over 70,000 in the county, so our original population is probably 70,000 to 100,000, but the city proper you are right around 31,000. >> who does it draw? justin: we are far enough from oklahoma city that we are an established community that has been in existence for well over 100 years. we are close enough to oklahoma city that we benefit from the crux of it, so we have a number of people who commute to oklahoma city for work, but our largest local economic drivers include four area tribes, the pottawatomie nation is the largest employer. oklahoma baptist university, about 2200 students and several hundred employees. >> so right now, we are driving through. tell me about the university. how does that play into the feeling of the city and the population of the city? justin: it plays in hugely. we are in many senses a university town. oklahoma baptist university has been here for over 100 years. it started on 60 ac

announcer: this weekend, american history tv is featuring a shawnee, oklahoma. c-span staff visited many sites featuring its history. in shawnee inorn 1927. he became the first asked her not to sleep in space in 1963. learn more about shawnee all weekend on american history tv. the pottawatomie nation believes these eagles help carry their prayers to the gods. historybes have a room -- have a history. we are at the citizen pottawatomie nation eagle aviary. eightare currently only aviaries in the united states. for us to have this is humbling. in 2012. we are funded by our tribe and we started with eight eagles and we now have 14. the reason it is so important for tribe to have this is to save the lives of these eagles. there is no place for them to go to of quality of life to spend out their days and they would have to be put down. we want to be able to do this and do a outreach to give our community and get young people involved and have a relationship with the eagle. we can help handout feathers to our tribal members. you see eagles feathers used in rick alea a

are at the pottawatomie nation here in shawnee oklahoma. this has been an incredible outreach to our community to have this. eightare currently aviators in the holy united states. for us to have this one is haveing and we are glad to it. we open in 2012 and are fully funded by our tribe. we start with eight eagles and now have 14 eagles. it was so important for our tribe, our nation to have his aviary, to say the eagles lives, for one. if there is not a place for them to go to have a quality life in captivity, they will have to be put down. for us to step up and save the lives were super important. thing, if the government were to do in outreach to get the young people involved and be having the relationship of the living eagles again. the third thing we can do is hand out these to our tribal members. whenagle feathers used native americans are dancing, and they are dancing for special reasons. kind of like prayer in motion. the need to do it to have good things come upon their community. eagles fly so high they say they can see the face of

this weekend, american history tv is joining our broadband partners to showcase the history of shawnee, oklahoman our current tour, visit c-span.org/citiestour. we continue now with our look at the history of shawnee. >> while in shawnee, oklahoma, we took a driving tour of the city with city manager justin erickson. >> thank you so much for being with us today. justin: i am happy to be here. thank you so much for joining me. >> where are we now? we are on the interstate, heading into town. justin: we are heading east into shawnee, and we will get off west of oklahoma city, about a 35-mile drive from

shawnee. through the years, granddad worked in oklahoma city. iny purchased a wood barn 1906. it has been in our family since that time. third -- my son is now the fourth generation to be president of the company. >> we are at roundhouse overalls. we are the largest maker of overalls. that is because we have a large -- lot of brand loyalty. father,hose grandfather, great-grandfather, and even great great grandfather wore these. we started in 1903. that is four years before oklahoma was a state, back when it was indian territory. we started making overalls for the railroad. shawnee was really a boomtown for the railroad industry. here in this photo, you can see these are the railroad employees. 1000 working on the repair station. a roundhouse is a prepare station for railroads that will have lots of railroad turntable track so they can move the different cars into different parts of the roundhouse and work on them. the you can see where station was. 1903riginal building in was down here. originalcan see the building, this is from the 1920's. we stayed downtown until the 1990's

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our cities to her visits shawnee oklahoma to learn more about life. we have traveled to u.s. at the spring the little scene and historic sites to our viewers. you can watch more of our visit at c-span.org/cities tour. >> is a very interesting history. 1891, south of the town near across the river, a man from oklahoma city came and built a wooden mill. until 1895. that the town of shawnee

. >> welcome to shawnee, oklahoma, locator in the center of the state, the city is named after the absentee shawnee tribe who live there pre-oklahoma statehood. today native native americans make up 12% of the population and three federally recognized tribes leaving the area. with help from our partners at vyve cable in the next hour and 15 minutes we will explore the cities literary life. we'll hear from area writers including author and historian carol sue humphries who explores the importance and impact of the press during the american revolution. >> these papers would try to print in certain ways that would get peoples attention. the best example of that is one of the newspapers in philadelphia in response to the stamp act, printed its front page look like a tombstone. that was not easy because, i set by hand. the part that wasn't, the letters had to be carved and so to make it look black like a tombstone it's just really amazing somebody went to that much effort to do that. >> we begin our tour of the cities literary culture with author michael snyder on local native american author jo

this weekend c-span city tour take you to shawnee, oklahoma the growth feeled by railroad industry and area was settled by native american tribes. but help of our vibe cable partners we'll explore literary scene and history of the area on saturday at noon eastern on booktv author carol sue with her book the american revolution and the press. the promise of independence. >> in the years between the french and indian war and the america revolution the fighting star, the newspapers again played an important part in -- letting people know what arguments were, what the issues were. and also -- getting them l involved in standing up against britain when they were mad about taxes or other issues. on sunday on american hurst tv, a visit to the citizens nation's churl heritage situation about history including force removal from native land into indian territory. >> this particular section of the museum really highlight one particular individual which is what we refer to as trail of at the time. it twailg happened same year that trail of tears we left our homeland within a few days of each othe

staff recently visited shawnee, oklahoma. learn about other stops at c-span.org/cities tour. you're watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court and public policy events in washington dc and around the country. >> archives, museums, and around the country. the cartoons are featured in the journal of the white house historical association. he covered presidents from herbert hoover to george w. bush. sarah duke spoke to us about his influence and legacy. >> it was a rest are in -- a western cartoonist. the great before depression. he was a moderate conservative. it pushed him further toward the center. and the injustice of world war ii. joined the newspaper association. joined the washington post. his last cartoon appeared on august 26. we have about 14,000 of his editorial cartoons. he did give away cartoons to friends. we have the majori

hour >> a book tv exquisite, we visit shawnee, oklahoma to learn about its history and literary life. for seven years, we have traveled to u.s. cities and brought the books into our viewers. watch more of our visits at c-span.org/cities tour. >> newspapers during the 18th century primarily were intended to share information with readers and keep them up on what was going on elsewhere. they would carry advertisements from the local area to try to help sell goods and so forth, keep people informed. i think the roles and many ways are similar to today and the sense of keeping people knowledgeable about events. and also events far away and local events. far away was more important because they would talk to each other on the street to find out what is going on locally. the newspapers what let them know -- would let them know -- if they lived in massachusetts, what was going on in pennsylvania or virginia. it was an important source of information. in the years between the french and indian war and the american revolution, the actual fighting started, the newspapers played an important par

this weekend, american history tv is featuring shawnee, oklahoma. y stewart staff recently visited many sites. mercury astronaut gordon cooper was born in shawnee in 1927. he became the first astronaut to sleep in space in 1963. learn more about shawnee all weekend here on american history tv. is a native american tribe, the nation, help carry our prayers to the gods. ofmany tribes have a history having a relationship with eagles. many other living wildlife in nature. we are here in china, oklahoma. this is a critical to have. for us to have this

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of that were the newspapers keeping people engaged and willing to keep fighting. >> while in shawnee oklahoma, we took a driving tour of the city with justin erickson. >> thank you for showing us around shawnee today. >> i'm happy to be here. thank you for joining me. >> where are we? we are heading into town. >> we are heading east on interstate 40. to the west as oklahoma city which is about 35-mile drive from shawnee. as we crossed this until you see the community which is fairly developed along the interstate. shawnee just went through a rebranding campaign and the tagline is great things on the horizon. >> , the people live in shawnee. >> 31000 residents. a little over 70000 in the county. the regional population is 70 to 100,000 people. >> what are the economic drivers. who does this draw? >> were far enough from oklahoma city that we are own community that has been in existence for well over hundred years but were close enough to oklahoma city that we benefit from that proximity. will number of people who commute for work but our largest local economic drivers include for area tribes,

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. >> the c-span city tour is taking you to shawnee, oklahoma. it was fueled by the railroad industry and the area was settled by native american tribes after the civil war. with the help of broadband cable partners, we will explore the literary scene in the history of the area. author carole sue humphries with her book, the american revolution and the press. the promise of independence. >> the american revolution, starting with newspapers again. culturalttawatomie's center. we really highlight one particular removal. we left our homes a few days from each other. our ancestors are ones that refused to meet with the federal government. they meet at menominee village and twin lakes indiana. walk 660tors had to miles from the reservation in kansas. >> watch saturday at noon eastern on book tv. american history tv on c-span3. working with cable affiliates as we explore america. >> in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, t

americaneekend, history tv is joining our broadband partners to showcase the history of shawnee, oklahoma. to learn more about the cities on our current tour, visit www.c-span.org. we continue now with our look at the history of shawnee. >> we took a driving tour of the city manager. >> thank you so much for agreeing to show us around here today. justin: i am happy to be here. thank you so much for joining me. >> where are we now? we are on the interstate, heading into town. justin: we are heading east into shawnee, and we will get off , to our west is oklahoma city,

while in shawnee, oklahoma. we took a driving tour of the city with city manager. >> thank you for agreeing to show us around shawnee. >> i'm happy to be here. thank you for joining me. >> where are we now? we are heading into the town. >>

. >>> this weekend, c-span cities tour takes you to shawnee, oklahoma. their growth was fueled by the railroad industry and the area was settled by civil war native american tribes, with the help of broad band cable partners, we'll explore the literary scene and history of the area. author carol sue h-- >> in the years between is french and indian war, and the american revolution, the actual fighting started, the newspapers again played an important part in letting people know what the arguments were, what the issues were, and also getting them involved in standing up against britain when they were mad about taxes or other issues. >> and then on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv, a visit to the citizen p-- the forced removal from native land into indian territory. >> this particular section of the museum we really highlight one particular removal, which is what we refer to as the trail of death. it actually happened the same year as the cherokee nation of tears and we left our homelands within a few days of each other. this is a particul

. >> are cities tour staff recently traveled to shawnee, oklahoma to learn about its rich history. learn more about shawnee and other stops at c-span.org/cities tour. you're watching american history tv on c-span3. presidency, the ronald reagan presidential foundation marks what would it in the 40th president's 107 earth day. we will hear from brigadier general kevin cholera and james --er who served as president served as treasury secretary under president reagan. good morning. welcome to the reagan presidential library. i'm fred ryan chairman of the foundation. thank you for joining us for what would be ronald reagan's letters seven birthday. before we begin -- 107th birthday. once you recognize as special guests. special thanks to secretary baker and susan baker for joining us along with their daughter. from our board of trustees, kathy bush, michael castine, john rogers, and ambassador robert title -- title. [applause] are the reagan family, we delighted to have michael and colleen reagan. [laughter] [applause] this is the reagan library's 14th year of working with camp pendleto

. >>> this weekend, shawnee, oklahoma. the area was settled after the civil war by native american tribes with help of our broadband cable partners we'll explore the literary scene saturday at noon eastern carol sue humphrey with her book "the american revolution and the press: the promise of independence." >> in the years between the french and indian war and the american revolution, the newspapers again played an important part in letting people know what the arguments were, what the issues were and also getting them involved in standing up against britain when they were mad about taxes or other issues. >> then on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv, a visit to the citizen potawatomi nations cultural heritage center. >> this particular section of the museum we really highlight one particular movement the trail of death. it happened the same year as the cherokee trail of tears and left our homelands within a few days of each other. this is a particularly heartbreaking and gut wrenching removal. our ancestor

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. >> watch c-span cities tour of shawnee, oklahoma, saturday at noon eastern on c-span 2's book t. >>> a working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. >>> the nation's governors talk about agricultural issues at their recent governors meeting. first, we hear from australian prime minister mall couple turnbull who spoke to the governors about the economic interests of his country and the u.s. involving security, trade and infrastructure. >> now for the main event. it's my honor to welcome our first speaker and distinguished guest, the australian prime minister malcolm turnbull. thank you for joining us today in continuing our dialogue about how we can work in partnership to grow our economies together. for those of you who do not know, the prime minister's address is especially timely as 2018 marks 100 years since our two countries became allies in world war i. since 1918, our relationship has grown beyond just military alliance. globalization has allowed our states and citizens to collaborate across a range of initiatives and our trade flows and investments to increase desp

. >> we are outside the santa fe train depot in shawnee, oklahoma. e depot now operates as the pottawattamie county museum. we take you inside learn more about railroading impact on the growth of shawnee in the late 1890's. >> shawnee was settled on september 22, 1891. run. they opened this area of pottawattamie county. there were four main people that claimed stakes. shortly after the land run in 1891, anna married john beard 's brother, henry beard, and and

watch c-span of the tour of shawnee, oklahoma and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span 3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. wyoming governor, matthew immediate delivering his state of address. he spoke for about 45 minutes. [ applause ] >> thank you, thank you very much. thank you very much. [ applause ] thank you. have a seat, thank you. [ applause ] >> good morning. speaker hars m speak speaker harrisman and justice burke and mr. gordon and members of the judiciaries and veterans and fellow citizens and my family, good morning. today i give my eighth and final state of address and in preparing it, i had a lot of thoughts and including the speaker and president have been kidding me in recent days, it is too bad, it takes about eight year to train a governor. just when you get them trained, they leave. a reminder of a couple of years ago when the president of senate and president nicholas when he was announcing me, he said, the executioner. it takes a while to train a speaker and president, too. what a privilege it

. >> welcome to shawnee, oklahoma, locator in the center of the state, the city is named after the absentee shawnee tribe who live there pre-oklahoma statehood. today native native americans make up 12% of the population and three federally recognized tribes leaving the area. with help from our partners at vyve cable in the next hour and

. >> our cities tour staff recently traveled to shawnee, oklahoma to learn about its rich history. learn about other stops on our tour at c-span.org/cities tour. you're watching american history tv all weekend every weekend on c-span3. seth eastman was a 19th-century mapmaker, illustrator, and painter. he was best known for his artwork chronicling indian life in the american northwest. art historian talks about and shows some of his paintings depicting u.s. military sports. the u.s. historical society hosted this event -- military forts. the u.s. historical society hosted this event. >> joining us for the first lecture of 2018 to the u.s. capital historical society, i am the chief historian. ever since i found out what james has been up to in terms of his work as an artist/scholar, i have been keen on getting him here to talk to us. his special focus is on a little-known suite of paintings well-known.most we will be able to see them through his visuals today. and also hear what he brings as an artist to seeing them and what he can glean out of them. he is a visual artists and autho

. >>> c-span's cities tour takes you to shawnee, oklahoma. it was settled by native american tribes. with the help of broad band cable partners, we'll explore the literary season saturday at noon eastern on book tv, author carol sue humphrey, the american revolution and the press, the promise of independence. >> in the years between the french and indian war and the american revolution, the actual fighting started the newspapers, again, played an important part in letting people know what the arguments were, what the issues were, and also getting them involved in standing up against britain when they were mad about taxes or other issues. >> and then on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv a visit to the citizen potawatomie nations cultural heritage center. >> this particular section of the museum we really highlight one particular removal, what we refer to as the trail of death. it happened the same year as the cherokee trail of tears and we left our homelands within a few days of each other. this is a particularly heartbreaking

staffcer: our cities tour travel to shawnee, oklahoma to learn more about its wrist -- about it rich history. learn more about other stops on our tour on c-span.org/citiestour. you are watching american history tv, all weekends, every weekend on c-span3. on americanext history tv, house majority leader kevin mccarthy hosted a ceremony to commemorate the 200th anniversary of african-american abolitionist frederick -- frederick douglass's birth. chris vanncluded hollen, eleanor holmes norton, and a douglas descendent. this is about 50 minutes. i want to thank everyone for joining us to celebrate the 200th anniversary of a great american, frederick douglass we are honored to have with us. two descendents of frederick douglass. betty washington douglass is the great granddaughter of booker t. washington, and the great great granddaughter of frederick douglass. that ken morris, the next generation in line for these monumental men will share his story later. the birth ofer frederick douglass, let's applaud that. [applause] rep. mccarthy: 200 years after the birth of frederick douglass, i b

next, a look at our recent visit to shawnee, oklahoma. you're watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> i like to describe it as a match only god can make in heaven. the original monks arrived in new orleans in 1872, thinking they had an invitation from the catholic bishop of new orleans to establish a monastery there, but when they arrived he said what are

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staff recently traveled to shawnee, oklahoma to recently learn about its history. learn more about shawnee and are other stops on c-span.org/cities tour. you're watching american history tv. all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. tv,, on american history gary kremer, executive director of the state historical society of missouri discusses his book. the book traces the military history of african-americans, looking at the transition -- traces the hit and the movement to missouri's urban areas to seek new opportunities. the kansas city public library hosted this event. it is about one hour and 20 minutes. >> he is also, i have to say with complete jealousy and envy, the man about to build the 25 million dollar research building in columbia to become the statearters of missouri historical society. that the problem in the state of missouri, at the same time, is about to cut its phd program history. it is a sign. he is a great defender. of the liberal arts and liberal arts education. the university of missouri at both columbia is not doing the right things by the liberal

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oklahoma. eastern time,2:00 all of our programming from the city of shawnee will air together. visit oklahoma baptist university archives. we will learn more about the settlement era, missionaries who published the indian orphan newspaper and advocated for the rights of native american orphans. >> the indian orphan was a newspaper in a sense. it tried to promote the injustice, promote awareness of the injustice being done to native american orphans. it began with a request from mercer university. the president asked a student to consider coming to the indian territory. he used this press to spread word about the issue and to raise awareness for the issue and for the indian orphan sound. this is a typical example of a late -- of a printing press. it was operated two ways, with the turning of the wheel or the foot pedal. ,he way it would typically work this is the ink plate and the ink would be applied, it is really thick and almost like a paint. it would be smeared onto the ink plate. andy time the wheel is spun the gears cycle through the mechanism, this plate is turned by 18.

. ♪ >> this weekend, c-span cities tour takes you to shawnee, oklahoma.rowth was fueled by the railroad industry and the area was settled after the civil war by native american tribes. with the help of our broadband cable partners, we will explore the literary theme and history of the area on saturday at noon eastern on booktv. carol sue humphries with her book on the american revolution the promise of independence. >> in the years between the french and indian war and the american revolution, the actual fighting, the newspapers played an important part in letting people know what arguments were, what the issues were and also getting them involved in standing up against britain when they were mad about taxes or other issues. >> on sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv, a visit to the citizens pottawatomie nation's cultural heritage center. here about the history of its people including the forced removal from native lands into indian territory. >> this particular section of the museum, we highlight one particular removal which is what we refer to as

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conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] c-span cities tour they should to shawnee oklahoma, the area was settled after the civil war by native american tribes. literaryxplore the team and history of area. today at noon eastern on book tv and author with the book the american revolution of the press, the promise of independence. on sunday at 2 p.m. eastern on american history tv of visit to the city said palani heritage center. >> we refer to the trail of death that happened the same year as the cherokee trail of tears. a gut wrenching tale of whoancestors were once refuse to negotiate with the federal government. they asked people to meet at the village in twin lakes, indiana. ancestors had to walk 600 and 60 miles from our homeland in kansas. ontoday at noon eastern c-span's book tv. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. >> and winter meeting for the attorneys general this week. jerome adams talked about what law enforcement and the health care community can do about the opioid problem.

. >> this weekend, the city store takes you to shawnee oklahoma. the area was settled after the civil war by neighborhoo nativen tribes. with the help of our cable partners will explore the literary scene. then author carol sue humphreys with her book, the american revolution and the press,. >> in the years between the french and indian war and the american revolution, the newspapers played an important part letting people know what the arguments were, what the issues were in will also getting them involved in standing up against britain when they are mad against taxes are other issues. >> than a visit to the pottawatomie heritage center. here about the forced removal of native lands into indian territories. >> this really highlights what we once referred to as the trail of death. the happened in the same year as the cherokee trail of tears. this is a heartbreaking and gutwrenching removal of our ancestors. they're the ones had refused to negotiate with the federal government. so agents call the council and asked people to meet at the menominee vil

. >>> this weekend, c-span cities tour takes you to shawnee, oklahoma. shawnee's growth was fuelled by the railroad industry and the area suz settled after the civil war by native american tribes. with the help of our broadband cable partners, we'll explore the literary scene and history of the area. on saturday at noon eastern, author carol sue humphreys with her book "the american revolution and the press, the promise of independence." >> in the years between the french and indian war and the american revolution, the actual fighting started, newspapers again played an important part in letting people know what the arguments were, what the issues were and also getting them involved in standing up against britain when they were mad about taxes or other issues. >>> then on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv, a visit to the citizen potowattomi nation cultural heritage center. hear about the forced removal of indians. >> we highlight one particular removal that refer to as the trail of death. it happened same year as the cherokee trail of te