The president and his Seneca friend Ely Parker wanted Native Americans to gain citizenship, but their efforts...
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General George Washington gave the orders to destroy towns and take prisoners in Sullivan’s Campaign, but her...
Their experiences and memories—in oral histories, interviews, as well as in fiction and film—challenge the narrative of...
Through a voluntary land tax and donations from land owners, this organization is working to create an...
A Native American protestor at the People’s Climate March in Washington, DC in April, 2017. Source: Nexus Media...
Controversies surrounding the 1830 Indian Removal Act reflected the Early Republic’s problem of church and state. “I...
How contemporary southeastern Native writers work to repossess homelands that they rearticulate not as “the South” but...
For indigenous peoples, winter solstice has been a time to honor their ancient sun deity. Their rituals...
Ideas about racial and cultural identity, even among indigenous people, have changed significantly over time. Joseph Louis...
Creative Commons Welcoming tribes to conquering settlers. By Josh Stewart / 04.17.2017 Genocide is the systematic destruction of...
How colonists cloaked violence beneath a veneer of gentility and conquered peoples held to religion to preserve their...
The Little Bighorn Battlefield, Lodge Grass, Montana / Photo by Acroterion, Wikimedia Commons The battle is also...
Dance bonnet and scalplock of an Omaha Indian / Wellcome Collection, Creative Commons The legacy and impact of...
Portrait of Assuz, a San Carlos Apache Indian, c 1898 / Wellcome Collection, Creative Commons The pictures...
Dance is a unique way of passing on cultural stories to a younger generation. Aaron Hawkins/Flickr.com Many Native languages are dying,...
Why can’t we just quit Columbus? He’s a myth. And we love our myths. By Rick Shenkman / 10.03.2018...
Blessing from the Medicine Man, Howard Terpning®, 2011 / The Greenwich Workshop, Inc. Native American concepts of health...
Looking at at a group of white slaveholders who adopted Southeast Indian boys (Choctaw, Creek, and Chickasaw) into...
Edited by Matthew A. McIntosh / 07.06.2018 Historian Brewminate Editor-in-Chief Introduction Geronimo (Chiricahua, Goyaałé; “One Who Yawns”; often spelled Goyathlay in...
“The act of ripping children away from their parents is nothing new for the United States. Separating...
The First Salmon ceremony being performed. U.S. Department of Agriculture , Public Domain Indigenous people from around the world revere...
The unfinished Crazy Horse memorial in Custer County, South Dakota. Bernd00/Wikimedia Commons More than a century after he...
It’s not too late to explore our ancient history, and we can begin by grasping a better...
A woman holds Pope Francis’ head during his meeting with representatives of indigenous peoples at the Vatican...
Sam Oozevaseuk Schimmel, 18, has grown up in both Alaska and Washington state. He is an advocate...
Cherokee Heritage Museum / Photo by Wesley Fryer, Wikimedia Commons How many Native Americans died on the...
By Dr. Susan Stebbins Professor of Cultural Anthropology State University of New York at Potsdam Introduction When...
Basketry bowl with checkerboard and arrow head motif / Mint Museum Edited by Matthew A. McIntosh /...
Overview of Pueblo Bonito / Photo by John Wiley, Wikimedia Commons By Dr. P. Scott Corbett, et.al. Professor...
In the 19th century, federal policy shifted from a policy of extermination and displacement to assimilation. The...