History
Indian Conflicts 150 Years Ago, 1869
Following the Civil War, the United States had a large, experienced army that could turn its attention to the “pacification” of the Indian nations in […]
History
Reservations 150 Years Ago, 1869
By 1869, the Indian policies of the United States government were largely focused on reservations. It was generally felt that by confining Indians to small […]
Francis La Flesche, Omaha Ethnographer
By the last quarter of the nineteenth century, most American Indian cultures had dramatically changed, and many Indian tribes ceased to exist. Many Americans, particularly […]
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 Artifacts from the Columbia Plateau (Photo Diary)
The Franklin County Historical Society and Museum in Pasco, Washington, includes several displays of American Indian artifacts, both historic and prehistoric. With record to prehistoric […]
Indian Removal 200 Years Ago (1818)
During the first part of the nineteenth century, the American government policy was to remove Indians from east of the Mississippi River and to “give” […]
Tribes and Reservations in 1917
During the nineteenth century, the United States had attempted to settle all Indians on well-defined reservations on lands deemed unsuitable for non-Indian development. Here Indians […]
Reforming Indian Policies 150 Years Ago, 1869
When Ulysses S. Grant became President of the United States in 1869, the Indian Office (also known as the Indian Service, and the Indian Bureau) […]
The French and the Indians 300 Years Ago, 1719
In 1719, the French were continuing their exploration of North America. Historian William Eccles, in his chapter in North American Exploration. Volume 2: A Continent […]
Tribes and Reservations a Century Ago (1918)
Indians, according to the non-Indian social philosophers, bureaucrats, and politicians of the nineteenth century, were going to simply disappear by the end of the century […]