John Eggers Column: What does it mean to show courage?

When Chief Medweganoonind defended the Red Lake Nation's right to be a sovereign nation in 1889 and opposed individual allotment, it took courage.

All other Native nations preferred receiving allotments. His courageous stand resulted in a great sovereign nation.

When President Abraham Lincoln declared that the seceded states were in a "state of insurrection" after Confederate forces attacked Fort Sumter, his actions required courage to do what was necessary.

Consider what was at stake: there would be no United States if the North lost the Civil War. Lincoln demonstrated courage, and the results helped create the greatest nation on earth.

In 1969, three men spent eight days in space, culminating with two of the Apollo 11 crew setting foot on the moon. What was even more incredible was t