American Indians
American Indians
World War II Impacts Indian Reservations
In 1942, the United States was gearing up to fight in World War II and the military efforts on the homefront had an impact on […]
Tobacco and the Indian Nations of the Great Lakes
The western portion of the Northeastern Woodlands of the U.S., an area designated as the Great Lakes-Riverine area by some anthropologists, was inhabited by Algonquian-speaking […]
Early Spanish Invasions of the Plains
The Great Plains is the huge area in the central portion of the North American continent which stretches from the Canadian provinces in the north, […]
American Indians in 1890
The 1890 United States Census formally enumerated all of the Indians of the country. According to the Census, there were a total of 248,253 Indians […]
President Benjamin Harrison and Indian Reservations
In 1887, Congress passed the General Allotment Act (Dawes Act) which had the intent of assimilating Indians by making them land-owning farmers. The idea of […]
President Benamin Harrison and Indian Education
When Benjamin Harrison became President in 1889, he appointed Thomas Jefferson Morgan as his Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Like most of his predecessors, Morgan had […]
President Benjamin Harrison and Indian Policy
In 1889 Benjamin Harrison, an attorney, Presbyterian church leader, and Civil War Brigadier General, was elected President of the United States. Harrison, a Republican, defeated […]