Indians 101 is a series exploring American Indian histories, cultures, and current concerns
On October 5, 1877, following six days of siege by American army troops and artillery known as the Battle of the Bear Paw, Nez Perce […]
Whenever cultures are under stress, from things such as illness, warfare, and rapid social change, there are often individuals who report having visions of the […]
For thousands of years the 1,242-mile-long Columbia River has been central to the lives of the Indian people of the Columbia Plateau region. The river […]
In 1967 the Yellowtail Dam on the Bighorn River was completed in the traditional territory of the Crow Indians in Montana. The dam was named […]
Three hundred years ago, in 1712, the European invasion of North America was underway. In the Southeast and the Southwest, the Spanish were establishing land […]
Following World War II, the United States was faced with the problem of paying for the war and rebuilding the shattered economies of Germany and […]
During the seventeenth century Europeans wrote a number of books about American Indians which both created and perpetuated many of the common stereotypes and misconceptions […]
At the time of the European invasion, Indian cultures differed greatly from their European counterparts in the ways in which they governed themselves. The governments […]
In 2011, the Altria Group, the parent company of the tobacco company Philip Morris, released a white paper urging the state of New York to […]
The debate over marriage in American society and the fears expressed by some conservatives that allowing diversity will somehow destroy the institution of marriage has […]