Indians 101 is a series exploring American Indian histories, cultures, and current concerns
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 […]
During the nineteenth and the first part of the twentieth century, American Indian objects that would today be considered works of art were relegated to […]
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 […]
On the Mississippi River in the eighteenth century the French encountered the Natchez Nation. Like the Mississippian peoples at places like Cahokia, the Natchez built […]
During the 1930s, with the United States in the midst of the First Great Depression, American Indian art began to emerge as a form of […]
In 1890 American fear, xenophobia, and religious intolerance led to the massacre of Sioux Indians at Wounded Knee in South Dakota. While there have been […]
A treaty is an agreement between two or more sovereign nations. Under the U.S. Constitution, Indian tribes are considered sovereign nations-or as dependent domestic nations, […]
In 1901, President William McKinley was assassinated and Theodore Roosevelt became the 26th President of the United States. He entered the White House better acquainted […]
We don’t know for sure how many distinct Indian languages were spoken in North America at the beginning of the European invasion. The estimates range […]
The Yuma-speaking tribes live in the desert and semi-desert area along the Colorado and Gila Rivers in what is now Arizona, California, Sonora, and Baja […]