The Fort Shaw Boarding School
In 1892 the army abandoned Fort Shaw, located 24 miles west of Great Falls, Montana . The Indian Office (later known as the Bureau of […]
Month: January 2012
First Nations News & Views: Weaving a Stronger Future
Welcome to First Nations News & Views. This weekly series is one element in the “Invisible Indians” project put together by Meteor Blades and me, […]
The Black Hills Are Not For Sale Time Lapse Video
On Nov. 26, 2011, Harper’s magazine Contributing Editor and National Geographic photographer Aaron Huey joined Shepard Fairey, the prolific street artist known to most people […]
The Ghost Dance After Wounded Knee
When describing the Wounded Knee massacre of 1890, many history books make two major errors: (1) they claim that this was the end of the […]
Bear Butte and the Struggle for Religious Freedom
Bear Butte in South Dakota is a sacred site which is used as a vision quest site for the Sioux, Arapaho and Cheyenne. The Sioux […]
First Nations News & Views: Tribes Work to Return the Bison
Welcome to the first edition of First Nations News & Views. This weekly series is one element in the “Invisible Indians” project put together by […]
Ancient South America: Patagonia
Humans-Homo sapiens-have lived in South America for at least 15,000 years and possibly longer. The earliest period of human occupation is generally called the Lithic […]
Suppressing Dissent on the Crow Reservation
The Crow Reservation in Montana was first defined by the United States government at the Fort Laramie Treaty Council of 1851. Subsequently, the Indian Office […]
The Hopi and the Spanish
The Spanish entrada (entrance) into the American Southwest began during the sixteenth century with explorers who were driven by greed. The Spanish hunger for gold […]
Sacred Places in New England
The cultural landscape of American Indians is filled with sacred sites which are described in their oral traditions. There are two basic kinds of sacred […]