History
Treaties and Councils in 1819, 200 Years Ago
A treaty is simply an agreement between two or more sovereign nations. When the European nations began their invasion of the Americas, they generally viewed […]
History
A treaty is simply an agreement between two or more sovereign nations. When the European nations began their invasion of the Americas, they generally viewed […]
Taken with permission When I wrote this, The Death & Vision of Moxtaveto (Black Kettle) Custer was pursuing the snow tracks of Dog Soldiers that […]
The Korean War began on June 25, 1950 and ended on July 27, 1953. As with other twentieth century wars, American Indian men did not […]
In 1884, the Ktunaxa (Kootenay, Kootenai, Kutenai) Indians in British Columbia were to receive a reserve on the St. Mary’s River. However, as the area’s […]
A treaty is simply an agreement between two or more sovereign nations. Following the Constitution, the United States recognized Indian nations as sovereign entities and […]
From the Native American perspective, the sixteenth century marked the beginning of the European invasion. The first Europeans to contact the Native nations were explorers, […]
During the nineteenth century there were many conflicts between Indian nations and the Americans (settlers, militia, miners, military) which are called “wars” by historians and […]
Sealth was born about 1786. His father, Schweabe, was Suquamish and his mother, Scholitza, was Duwamish. As a young boy in 1792, he witnessed the […]
Two hundred years ago, in 1819, the United States was just beginning to embark on its expansionist policy known as Manifest Destiny. Under this policy, […]
Illegitimate Tr*ump, the first American — fascist — president, disapproves of removing Columbus statues. He stated, “We believe we should preserve our history, not tear […]