January 2010

( – promoted by navajo) The aboriginal Taíno name for the island that is today called Puerto Rico is Borinquen and thus people from the … Continued

( – promoted by navajo) In response to an earlier diary on American Indians as slaves, one reader asked what happened to the Indians who … Continued

( – promoted by navajo) Mr. Olbermann, I was pretty exhausted from moving again for the third time in six months for good reasons, although … Continued

( – promoted by navajo) At the beginning of the European Age of Discovery in the sixteenth century, Europeans knew that all human beings had … Continued

( – promoted by navajo) It is estimated that there were between 250 and 400 distinct American Indian languages were being spoken in what is … Continued

I am a college student and I am trying to work on my final essay in my Comp II class. I am trying to find … Continued

( – promoted by navajo) A treaty is simply an agreement between two sovereign nations. In the American political system, a treaty involves three basic … Continued

New to this, non-Native, maybe.  I’m one of “those people” with reported but unverified Native ancestry; that’s why I’m a family historian. Anyway, just watched … Continued

( – promoted by navajo) At the time of first European contact, California had the widest variety of Native American languages and cultures in North … Continued

( – promoted by navajo) Perhaps the best known Virginia Indian is Pocahontas. Her story has become a myth among non-Indians which perpetuates many common … Continued