Some Apache Ceremonies
Traditionally, Apache religious ceremonies focused on curing, hunting and gathering rituals, puberty ceremonies, and obtaining personal power and protection. While spiritual power is available to […]
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The Muskogean Language Family
Muskogean was the most important language family of the Native American Southeastern Culture Area. In her introduction to Florida Place Names of Indian Origin and […]
Death Valley National Park
Death Valley, located in California, is the hottest, driest, and lowest place in the United States. It is an area of sand dunes and wilderness. […]
Apache Warfare
While many non-Apache scholars and popular writers have labeled all the Apache as a fierce, war-like people, in actuality warfare was not glorified as it […]
The Athabaskan Language Family
The Athabaskan (also spelled Athapaskan and Athabascan) language family is found in the western American Indian culture areas. Linguists feel that the Athabaskan language family […]
Some Indian Events of 1917
Briefly described below are a few of the American Indian events of 1917. Commissioner of Indian Affairs In the bureaucracy of American government, Indian affairs […]
Some Indian Events of 1817
Briefly described below are some of the American Indian events of 1817. Treaties Following the Constitution, the United States recognized Indian nations as sovereign entities […]
American Indians and the Korean War
The Korean War began on June 25, 1950 and ended on July 27, 1953. As with other twentieth century wars, American Indian men did not […]
Tribes and Reservations in 1917
During the nineteenth century, the United States had attempted to settle all Indians on well-defined reservations on lands deemed unsuitable for non-Indian development. Here Indians […]
World War I and American Indians
In 1914, the nations of Europe began the conflict which would become known as the Great War and later as World War I. In 1917, […]