August 2015

In the late sixteenth century, Spain began its formal colonization of what would become New Mexico. Juan de Oñate led a large colonizing party—129 soldiers … Continued

During the World War II, 24,521 American Indians served in the military and received the following awards: Air Medal (71), Silver Star (51), Bronze Star … Continued

By the first part of the nineteenth century, many non-Indians in the United States, particularly in the southern states, felt strongly that there should be … Continued

One of the common ways of making stone tools throughout the world is by breaking and flaking: a process commonly called flintknapping. Tools made by … Continued

While the region of North America known today as Montana entered into written Euro-American histories in the early nineteenth century with the Corps of Discovery … Continued

While the first Native American-European fur trade exchange happened about the year 1000 with Norse (i.e. Viking) entrepreneurs from Greenland, the fur trade didn’t really … Continued

In 1805, the American Corps of Discovery under the leadership of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark made its way down the lower Columbia River. This … Continued