Public Lands and Denise Juneau
One of the differences between Native Americans and the Europeans who invaded this continent is the view of land ownership. Europeans viewed land as something […]
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Susette La Flesche, Indian Rights Activist
Susette (Yosette) La Flesche was born on the Omaha Reservation in Nebraska in 1854. She was the eldest daughter of Joseph La Flesche and Mary […]
Personal Names Among the Central Plains Tribes
For most people today, personal names consist of two basic parts: (1) a surname or last name which is the same as the father’s surname […]
Massasoit, Wampanoag Leader
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 […]
Denise Juneau and Native Languages
We don’t really know how many Native American languages were spoken in what is the United States and Canada when the Europeans began their invasion. […]
A Brief Overview of the Kaw or Kansa Indians
The state of Kansas and the Kansas River are named for the Kansa or Kaw Indians whose aboriginal territories once included the state and spread […]
Denise Juneau and Indian Education
In has been well documented that American Indians, particularly those living on reservations, have the lowest levels of education in the country. On Indian reservations, […]
Denise Juneau, Putting Montana First
In 1924, Congress passed the Indian Citizenship Act which gave citizenship—the right to vote and to be elected to public office—to all American Indians. Exercising […]
Ute Spirituality
The Ute Indians were traditionally mountain-dwelling bands whose traditional territory extended from the southern Rocky Mountains in present-day Colorado, west to the Sevier River in […]
Vice President Charles Curtis
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 […]