History
Indians as People Under American Law
Very soon after the Spanish began their invasion of this continent, both the European courts and clergy declared Indians to be “people” in a biological […]
History
American Indian Women: Sarah Ainse
( – promoted by navajo) Sarah Ainse (who often called herself Sally and sporadically used the last names of her husbands: Montour, Maxwell, and Willson) […]
Teabaggers, You’ve Got A Right To Be Mad?
( – promoted by navajo) Insanity is the key to the teabagger’s “success” stupidity, and if you look at recent history, Some of the nation’s […]
The Cherokee Prior to the Trail of Tears
( – promoted by navajo) In 1830, the United States passed the Indian Removal Act which called for the removal of all Indians to lands […]
Ancient America: Aztec Pueblo
When Americans first began to enter into and explore New Mexico in the nineteenth century they believed that American Indians were primitive peoples who were […]
The Cherokee Trail of Tears
In 1838, the United States Army rounded up the Cherokee who were living in Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina, and Alabama. Mounted soldiers, using their bayonets […]
American Indian Women: Susan LaFlesche
Susan LaFlesche was the first American Indian woman to become a doctor and to practice Western-style medicine among her own people. She became a doctor […]
Quanah Parker: A Texas Hero?
Seventh-graders in Texas are supposed to be introduced to the historical figure Quanah Parker, a Comanche military leader and a leader in the Native American […]
The Republic of Texas and the Cherokee Indians
With the new standards recently adopted by the Texas Board of Education which appear to emphasize the historical accomplishments of English-speaking Christians, I thought it […]
The Lowry War
The popular histories of Indians often focus on the many Indian wars, often fought in the Southwest or on the Great Plains. In 1907, the […]