American Indians
Pat Courtney Gold’s Baskets
Basketry is probably the oldest art form, although the archaeological record is devoid of the earliest basketry. In his 1904 book American Indian Basketry, Otis […]
American Indians
Mission Indian Baskets at the Maryhill Museum
Many museums, including the Maryhill Museum of Art near Goldendale, Washington, have displays of Mission Baskets. The designation “Mission Baskets” was developed by anthropologist Alfred […]
The Northern Pacific Railroad and the Sioux
Almost since the foundation of the United States, the westward expansion of the country was guided by Manifest Destiny, the idea that it was the […]
A Very Short Overview of the Caddo Indians
The traditional homelands of the Caddo stretched from the Red River Valley in Louisiana to the Brazos River Valley in Texas. The Caddo were agricultural […]
A Very Short Overview of the Ottawa Indians
At the time of first contact with Europeans, the Ottawa (Odawa in Canada) were living on Manitoulin Island. The Ottawa homeland for at least three […]
Central Plains Indian Migrations
The Central Plains is the portion of the Great Plains which lies south of the South Dakota-Nebraska border and north of the Arkansas River. It […]
A Very Short Overview of the O’odham Indians
The Sonoran Desert which stretches across part of the present-day American state of Arizona and the Mexican state of Sonora is an area of very […]
A Very Brief Overview of California’s Achumawi Indians
The aboriginal homelands of the Achumawi (also spelled Achomawi, Achomowi, Achemawi) people of North America was along the drainage of the Pit River between the […]
Death Valley National Park
Death Valley, located in California, is the hottest, driest, and lowest place in the United States. It is an area of sand dunes and wilderness. […]
Some Indian Events of 1917
Briefly described below are a few of the American Indian events of 1917. Commissioner of Indian Affairs In the bureaucracy of American government, Indian affairs […]