History
The Cherokee in 1817
When the Europeans began their invasion of the Americas, the Cherokee were an agricultural people whose villages could be found throughout the American Southeast. By […]
History
Christian Imperialism
One example of religious imperialism can be seen in the era following the Age of Discovery which began in the fifteenth century. European kings, and later […]
Susette La Flesche, Indian Rights Activist
Susette (Yosette) La Flesche was born on the Omaha Reservation in Nebraska in 1854. She was the eldest daughter of Joseph La Flesche and Mary […]
Massasoit, Wampanoag Leader
During the first part of the seventeenth century, the Wampanoag Confederacy controlled a large portion of what is now New England. Wampanoag territory ranged from Narragansett […]
Treaty Rock and the Coeur d’Alene Indians
Long before the European invasion of North America, the Coeur d’Alene, who call themselves Schitsu’umsh, occupied a territory that included parts of eastern Washington, northern […]
Joseph LaFlesche, Omaha Chief
From the viewpoint of non-Indians, particularly government officials in the nineteenth century, a progressive Indian leader was one who advocated the assimilation of Indians into […]
Maine Indians and Early European Explorers and Fishermen
While the Indian nations in what is now Maine may have had some limited contact with Europeans as early as 1480, regular contact began in […]
Colonists and Missionaries in Maine
By the beginning of the seventeenth century, the French and English were turning from the exploration of what is now Maine to establishing colonies and […]
Huron History, 1535 to 1648
The Huron, an Iroquoian-speaking people whose traditional homeland was north of the Great Lakes, were a confederacy of four major tribes: Bear, Rock, Barking Dogs, and […]
The Yamasee War and the Indian Slave Trade
The Yamasee were a Muskogean-speaking Indian nation living in what would become southern Georgia and northern Florida when first encountered by the Spanish in the […]