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Writing Indian History in the Early 20th Century
During the nineteenth century non-Indian scholars, intellectuals, government officials, and others were convinced that American Indians were a dying race and that by the twentieth […]
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Art Museums Discover Indian Art
During the nineteenth and the first part of the twentieth century, American Indian objects that would today be considered works of art were relegated to […]
They Say Jesus Says
I’ve been through a lot of changes. I moved to WNY a couple years ago, got divorced, moved back home to Oklahoma and started over. […]
William Apess, Pequot Writer
In 1829, Andrew Jackson became President of the United States. Jackson felt that since the Constitution prohibited the establishment of a new state within the […]
The Natchez and the French
On the Mississippi River in the eighteenth century the French encountered the Natchez Nation. Like the Mississippian peoples at places like Cahokia, the Natchez built […]
Ancient America: Angel Mounds
About 650 CE some trends were beginning to emerge in the American Bottom area near the Mississippi River in Illinois which would culminate in the […]
Ancient America: The Maya City of Coba
Cobá was a Maya city located in the northern portion of the Maya region on the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. Most of the city was […]
Breaking Treaties
A treaty is an agreement between two or more sovereign nations. Under the U.S. Constitution, Indian tribes are considered sovereign nations-or as dependent domestic nations, […]
Teddy Roosevelt and the Indians
In 1901, President William McKinley was assassinated and Theodore Roosevelt became the 26th President of the United States. He entered the White House better acquainted […]
The Migrations of the Yuman-Speaking Tribes
The Yuma-speaking tribes live in the desert and semi-desert area along the Colorado and Gila Rivers in what is now Arizona, California, Sonora, and Baja […]