Denise Juneau, Putting Montana First
In 1924, Congress passed the Indian Citizenship Act which gave citizenship—the right to vote and to be elected to public office—to all American Indians. Exercising […]
Month: August 2016
Ute Spirituality
The Ute Indians were traditionally mountain-dwelling bands whose traditional territory extended from the southern Rocky Mountains in present-day Colorado, west to the Sevier River in […]
Vice President Charles Curtis
Indian citizenship and participation in American politics involves more than just voting: it also involves having Indians elected to public office. One of the first […]
Treaty Rock and the Coeur d’Alene Indians
Long before the European invasion of North America, the Coeur d’Alene, who call themselves Schitsu’umsh, occupied a territory that included parts of eastern Washington, northern […]
The Political Organization of the Omaha Indians
In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the Omaha Indians were living in what is now Nebraska where they were a farming people who engaged in […]
Gender Among Northern Plains Indians
The Northern Plains include what is now North and South Dakota, Eastern Montana, northeastern Wyoming, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. In general, […]