America’s Shame: Forgotten Warriors on Memorial Day
[This is a rewritten version of a diary first posted for Memorial Day 2008.] My stepfather’s brother died with other Marines on the beach at […]
Month: May 2011
Grand Ronde’s Canoe Journey
The Cultural Resources Department of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde in collaboration with the Willamette Heritage Center at The Mill presented a special […]
The Governor Kieft War
In 1639, the Dutch West India Company resolved to exact tribute from local Indians around New Amsterdam, stating that these Indians were under Dutch protection. […]
Ancient America: Hovenweep
In 1854 a Mormon expedition under the leadership of W. D. Huntington reported finding some ancient ruins in southeast Utah. Twenty years later, the photographer […]
A message from Galeano Suarez, Shaman of the Paí Tavy-terá, Paraguay
The Paí Tavy-terá is a dwindling ethnicity of the Guarani Indians. As little as 50 years ago they had been able to roam all Northeastern […]
A message from Galeano Suarez, Shaman of the Paí Tavy-terá, Paraguay
The Paí Tavy-terá is a dwindling ethnicity of the Guarani Indians. As little as 50 years ago they had been able to roam all Northeastern […]
The Battle of Four Lakes and Spokane Plains
As a result of the 1858 defeat of forces under the command of Major Edward Steptoe by a force of 1,000 Indian warriors from several […]
The Dutch and the Indians
The Dutch, whose presence in North America was not of long duration (about 40 years), were interested primarily in trade and viewed Indians as something […]
Swedes and Indians
New Sweden is one of the least known European colonies in North America. This Swedish colony was established in what is now Delaware in 1638 […]
The Dutch, the Indians, and Fort Orange
Henry Hudson sailed into New York harbor in 1609. He sailed past the island known to the local Indians as Manna-hata and then up the […]