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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 […]
Indians 201
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]