President James Monroe and the Indians
In 1817, James Monroe became the fifth President of the United States. He was the last Revolutionary War veteran and founding father to assume the […]
Month: January 2012
Apache Prisoners of War
While the idea of “indefinite detention” of people determined to be “enemies” of the United States is currently being debated, for American Indians this is […]
Indian Words in English
English really isn’t a Native American language, but virtually all of today’s Indians speak this as their first and primary language. During the past several […]
Navajo Sandpaintings
Most Navajo ceremonies are focused on health: on healing someone who is ill or on maintaining health. Navajo ceremonies, often referred to as “sings” or […]
The Black HIlls, 1950 to 1985
Following World War II, the United States decided that it wanted to sever its relationships with American Indian tribes. In order to do this, it […]
Interior Department Finalizes 20-Year Ban on Grand Canyon Area Uranium Mining
Grand Canyon from the South Rim (photo by navajo) Although the direction of the administration was made clear in October, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar will […]
The Ancestors of the Iroquois
When the Dutch and the French, and later the English, began to enter into what would become New York State searching for trading partners in […]
Dighton Rock
When the Europeans first began their invasion of what would become known as New England, they encountered people-American Indians-whose origins and existence puzzled them. They […]
Sacred Places in Northern California
Throughout North America there are two basic kinds of sacred American Indian sites: (1) those which are sacred because of human acts of consecration, dedication, […]
Ancient America: Ocmulgee
Some time before 900 CE, people begin migrating into what will become present-day Georgia from the area around the Mississippi River near present-day St. Louis. […]