History
The Utah Indian Wars of 1866
While Mormon settlement of Utah began in 1847, American Indians had inhabited the region for thousands of years. The Mormon settlements displaced and disrupted the […]
History
Oklahoma Indians in 1866
At the beginning of the Civil War in 1861, the United States withdrew its troops from Forts Cobb, Arbuckle, and Washita and, afraid that annuity […]
The Iroquois League
Long before the Europeans arrived on this continent there was born to the Huron people a man who had a vision of bringing peace to […]
The Bannock War
A casual reading of almost any book on American history—from popular accounts to textbooks to scholarly tomes—reveals that there have been a lot of conflicts […]
Some Indian Events of 1766
Two and a half centuries ago, in 1766, American Indian life had already undergone dramatic changes due to the European invasion. Horses, originally brought into […]
Some American Indian Events in 1816
By 1816, the United States was developing policies that would remove all Indians from the eastern portion of the country and resettle them in lands […]
The Fur Trade in 1816
During the first part of the nineteenth century, the fur trade continued to be one of the important economic engines in North America. Driven in […]
American Indian Treaties in 1816
A treaty is simply an agreement between two or more sovereign nations. Following the Constitution, the United States recognized Indian nations as sovereign entities and […]
The Removal of the Ponca Indians
In 1877 the United States government informed the Ponca that they were going to be removed from their traditional homelands in Nebraska and reassigned to […]
Outlawing American Indian Religions
For the past five centuries, American Indians have had their religions suppressed (sometimes brutally and violently) and denied. With the formation of the United States […]