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$93 a Head: The Leadership America Tried to Erase | Rod Wilson | TEDxClaremontGraduateUniversity
TEDx Talks· 2025-06-24 15:11
In 1851, the state of California paid $93 a head to exterminate Native Americans—turning murder into government policy. But despite genocide, betrayal, and erasure, Native leaders didn’t disappear. They led. They adapted, endured, and protected their people through one of the darkest chapters in American history. In this TEDx Talk, leadership advisor Dr. Rod Wilson draws from decades of work with tribal nations to uncover the most powerful leadership lessons you were never taught—lessons forged in an era of ...