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The Declaration of Independence proclaimed that all men are endowed with the unalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

But what did liberty and equality mean for the peoples the Declaration never named—the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi nations who had governed the vast Great Lakes homeland they called Anishinaabewake for generations before a single European sailed its waters?

In this revisited conversation, historian Michael Witgen, Professor of History at Columbia University and a citizen of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe, takes us inside the Anishinaabe world and reveals how the new United States set about transforming it.

The answer, Witgen shows us, wasn't simple conquest. It was something more elaborate, more profitable, and in some ways more insidious: what he calls the political economy of plunder—a system engineered to strip Indigenous peoples of their homelands while funneling the wealth of that dispossession directly into the settler colonial economy.

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Today On The Eric Metaxas Show, Saturday Night Live alum Victoria Jackson joins Eric to reflect on their recent Socrates In The City retreat in Oxford. Victoria opens up about living with cancer, facing mortality with humor and Christian faith, and why the experience has made her appreciate life even more. She and Eric also discuss C.S. Lewis, Addison’s Walk, The Kilns, John Lennox, scientist Denis Noble, the mystery of creation, and Victoria’s new book of poetry, Not Dead Yet.⭐ ORDER NOW:Revolution: The Birth of the Greatest Nation in the History of the World: https://a.co/d/0ir3NlapTODAY'S SPONSORS:️ MyPillow — Save BIG with code ERIC: https://www.mypillow.com/☀️ Honest, fast, and free Medicare plan guidance: https://askchapter.com/metaxas/0:00 Victoria Jackson Joins1:44 Exploring C.S. Lewis’s Oxford5:36 The C.S. Lewis Poem That Moved Eric8:57 Victoria Opens Up About Cancer11:26 Denis Noble, Richard Dawkins, And The Mystery Of Life20:23 John Lennox And The Oxford Retreat26:34 Inside C.S. Lewis’s Home29:29 “Aslan Is On The Move”33:34 Victoria’s New Book Not Dead Yet35:47 The SNL Song That Never Aired41:11 Victoria Takes Eric To Paris- - -LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/@ericmetaxas#EricMetaxas #TheEricMetaxasShow #News #PoliticsChapter and its affiliates are not connected with or endorsed by any government entity or the federal Medicare program. Chapter Advisory, LLC represents Medicare Advantage HMO, PPO, and PFFS organizations and stand alone prescription drug plans that have a Medicare contract. Enrollment depends on the plan’s contract renewal. While we have a database of every Medicare plan nationwide and can help you to search among all plans, we have contracts with many but not all plans. As a result, we do not offer every plan available in your area. Currently we represent 50 organizations which offer 18,160 products nationwide. We search and recommend all plans, even those we don’t directly offer. You can contact a licensed Chapter agent to find out the number of products available in your specific area. Please contact Medicare.gov, 1-800-Medicare, or your local State Health Insurance Program (SHIP) to get information on all of your options.