Francisco de Vitoria

The Great Debate

July 18, 2011 admin 2

The discovery of the Americas presented some difficult problems for the Christian Europeans: the people who lived in the Americas, often called Indians, did not […]

Francisco Vásquez de Coronado

Hopi Migrations

July 14, 2011 admin 0

In 1540 Francisco Vásquez de Coronado began his journey north from Mexico seeking the legendary Seven Cities of Cibola. He had with him a force […]

The Search for Cibola

The Search for Cibola

July 9, 2011 admin 0

The conquests of the Aztec and Inka empires in the early 1500s brought great wealth to Spain in the form of gold and silver. Inspired […]

The Puget Sound War

The Puget Sound War

July 3, 2011 admin 0

In 1855, concerned about a potential Indian uprising, American settlers in the Puget Sound area of Washington formed four companies of soldiers. One of these […]

Meriwether Lewis and William Clark

A Chief’s Journey

June 27, 2011 admin 0

During the nineteenth century, particularly during the early part of the century, part of the American policy regarding American Indian nations was to invite selected […]