History
The Marmes Rockshelter
Much of what we know about the people of the ancient world has come from archaeological findings in caves and rockshelters. A rockshelter, by the […]
History
Sixteenth Century European Laws About Indians
The European invasion of the Americas really began in the sixteenth century with several European nations competing to divide up the new lands among themselves. […]
Boulder Dam and the Navajo Reservation
In general the history of hydroelectric dams in the United States has involved the transfer of wealth from the nation’s poorest people, American Indians, to […]
Early French Encounters With Indians
The 16th century marked the beginning of the European invasion of North America. The Spanish had already firmly established themselves in the Caribbean islands and […]
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 […]
Aztec Social Organization
When the Spanish invaded Mexico, they found that one of the dominant empires was that of the Aztecs. While many great civilizations and empires had […]
The Iroquois Peace, 1700 to 1713
Around the year 1451 five Iroquois nations—the Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, and Mohawk—met to form the confederacy envisioned by the Huron prophet Deganawida. The five […]
