American Indians
Dogs Among Northwest Coast and Plateau Indian Nations
When the Europeans began their invasion of the Americas, they found that the Native Americans, like people throughout the world, had domesticated dogs. At the […]
American Indians
Ancient America: Wyoming 6000 BCE to 2500 BCE
About 8,000 years ago (6000 BCE), the American Indian cultures of the Northern Plains began undergoing a series of major changes. There was a decrease […]
Grizzly Bears
While Grizzly bears were once found throughout much of the American West, today there are two primary locations where Grizzly bears are abundant: Glacier National […]
Ancient America: Wyoming Before 6000 BCE
Although the region of North America known today as Wyoming first entered into the written Euro-American histories in the early nineteenth century with the exploits […]
California Indians Lose Their Home
The United States acquired what would become the state of California under the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo which ended the war with Mexico. In […]
Ancient America: How Old is It?
Archaeology in the United States is often said to have started in 1764 when amateur archaeologist Thomas Jefferson had his African slaves dig up hundreds […]
A Short Overview of the Subarctic Culture Area
The Subarctic Culture Area lies south of the Arctic Circle and covers some 12 million square miles. It spreads from the interior of Alaska to […]
American Indian Voting Rights
During the first part of the twentieth century, American Indians were granted citizenship by Congressional action on several different occasions. While citizenship is often felt […]
Ancient America: The Dakotas, BCE
The Dakotas—the modern states of North and South Dakota—are a part of the Northern Plains, an area which was buffalo country from the time of […]
Native American Ceremonial Stone Landscape Sites in the Northeast
Twelve tribal representatives have been trained to identify and document ceremonial stone features as a part of an emergency avoidance plan for proposed gas pipeline […]