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Choctaw Migrations
When the Europeans began their invasion of North America, they found that the Southeastern Woodlands area was inhabited by skilled farmers who lived in permanent […]
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The Modoc War
The Modoc homeland is the Tule Lake area on the border between California and Oregon. In 1872-1873, the U.S. Army engaged a small band of […]
The 1855 Treaty of Hell Gate
When the United States divided Oregon Territory into Washington Territory and Oregon Territory in 1853, western Montana was included in Washington Territory. President Millard Fillmore […]
Mormons and Indians
When the European explorers, soldiers, missionaries, and colonists arrived in the Americas, they viewed the world through the lens of Christianity. Encountering peoples who were […]
Massasoit, Wampanoag Leader
During the first part of the seventeenth century, the Wampanoag Confederacy controlled a large portion of what is now New England. Wampanoag territory ranged from Narragansett […]
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 […]
Frank White, Pawnee Prophet
In 1889, a Paiute prophet known as Wovoka in Nevada died during an eclipse and then returned to life with a message and dance for […]
Dr Susan LaFlesche, Omaha Physician
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 at […]
Maine Indians and Early European Explorers and Fishermen
While the Indian nations in what is now Maine may have had some limited contact with Europeans as early as 1480, regular contact began in […]
Colonists and Missionaries in Maine
By the beginning of the seventeenth century, the French and English were turning from the exploration of what is now Maine to establishing colonies and […]