Indians 101 is a series exploring American Indian histories, cultures, and current concerns
Throughout the first century of its existence, the United States had carried out policies intended to decimate the First Nations that had occupied the lands […]
In 1892 the army abandoned Fort Shaw, located 24 miles west of Great Falls, Montana . The Indian Office (later known as the Bureau of […]
When describing the Wounded Knee massacre of 1890, many history books make two major errors: (1) they claim that this was the end of the […]
Bear Butte in South Dakota is a sacred site which is used as a vision quest site for the Sioux, Arapaho and Cheyenne. The Sioux […]
The Crow Reservation in Montana was first defined by the United States government at the Fort Laramie Treaty Council of 1851. Subsequently, the Indian Office […]
The Spanish entrada (entrance) into the American Southwest began during the sixteenth century with explorers who were driven by greed. The Spanish hunger for gold […]
The cultural landscape of American Indians is filled with sacred sites which are described in their oral traditions. There are two basic kinds of sacred […]
In 1817, James Monroe became the fifth President of the United States. He was the last Revolutionary War veteran and founding father to assume the […]
While the idea of “indefinite detention” of people determined to be “enemies” of the United States is currently being debated, for American Indians this is […]
English really isn’t a Native American language, but virtually all of today’s Indians speak this as their first and primary language. During the past several […]