The Ojibwa, Copper, and Millard Fillmore
It is a long held maxim that American Indians should not be allowed to acquire wealth. Since one of the ways of acquiring wealth is […]
Month: September 2011
Stealing Chief Comcomly’s Skull
From the very beginning of the European invasion of North America, the newcomers have had an obsession with looting American Indian graves, taking from them […]
Street Prophets Coffee Hour: Words and Bigotry
Note: I usually don’t cross-post my Coffee Hour pieces here, but since this one is based on my Anishinabe worldview, I thought it would be […]
The United States and the Pueblos
When the United States acquired what is now New Mexico and Arizona in 1846, a number of Pueblos were brought under American rule according to […]
Ancient America: Tulum, a Maya Port
Tulum, located on the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico, was one of the last cities built and inhabited by the Maya. The earliest date found on […]
The Pueblos
When the United States acquired what is now New Mexico and Arizona in 1846, a number of Pueblos were brought under American rule according to […]
The Kickapoo and the War Against Texas
As American settlers began moving into Texas-a Spanish colony-in the early nineteenth century, they brought with them an anti-Indian arrogance and attitude than came to […]
Canadian Indian Opposition to Copper Mining
One of the strongly held policies among the Euro-American colonial powers was that aboriginal peoples should not be allowed to develop any mineral resources on […]
The 19th Century Royal Tour and Canadian Indians
The Prince of Wales toured Canada in 1860 and during this tour he met with a number of First Nations groups. The Prince arrived in […]