biography
Neolin: the Delaware Prophet
In 1762 the Delaware (Lenni Lenape) prophet Neolin, who was living in Ohio, had a vision in which he undertook a journey to meet the […]
biography
In 1762 the Delaware (Lenni Lenape) prophet Neolin, who was living in Ohio, had a vision in which he undertook a journey to meet the […]
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 […]
In 1879, Sarah Winnemucca, a Paiute from Nevada and the daughter of Chief Winnemucca, gave a series of lectures in San Francisco and Sacramento on […]
( – promoted by navajo) When John Rollin Ridge died in 1867 he was eulogized as one of California’s great poets and political commentator. To […]
( – promoted by navajo) American colonists, unhappy with the English tax laws, attacked a detachment of British troops in Boston in 1770. The soldiers […]
( – promoted by navajo) Ask some non-Cherokees to name some prominent historical Cherokee leaders and there are three names which frequently come up: (1) […]
( – promoted by oke) There was a time, particularly during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when museums were simply “cabinets of curiosities” which […]
( – promoted by navajo) One of the visitors at an 1891 Comanche Ghost Dance in Oklahoma was Frank White. He sat on the north […]
( – promoted by navajo) Indian citizenship and participation in American politics involves more than just voting: it also involves having Indians elected to public […]
( – promoted by navajo) In 1799, a new religious movement was born among the Seneca Nation of the Iroquois Confederacy. The new religious movement, […]