Texas
Ancient America: Texas Prior to 5000 BCE
As a cultural area, the Southern Plains is bounded by the Arkansas River on the north, the Rocky Mountains on the west, the Mississippi River […]
Texas
Spanish Missionaries in Texas
A frontier is a transition zone between two regions, between two areas with different cultures. For the European invaders in North America, the frontier represented […]
Ancient America: The Southern Plains Villagers
Southern Plains Villagers is a culture that occupied the Southern Plains from 800 CE to 1500 CE. These Indian people had agricultural economy which they […]
Invading Mexico in the 1880s
In the 1880s, the American wars against the Apache Indians ignored the border between the United States and Mexico, and the American military often ignored […]
The Red River War
After 1871, the United States’ policies regarding American Indian nations was no longer based on negotiating treaties, but on concentrating Indians onto reservations where they […]
The Kickapoo and the War Against Texas
As American settlers began moving into Texas-a Spanish colony-in the early nineteenth century, they brought with them an anti-Indian arrogance and attitude than came to […]
Tigua: The Forgotten Pueblo
( – promoted by navajo) In 1680, the Pueblo Indians of what is now New Mexico united in a revolt against the Spanish. As a […]
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 Comanche 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 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 […]