July 2012

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 … Continued

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 … Continued

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 … Continued

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 … Continued

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 … Continued

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 … Continued

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 … Continued

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 … Continued