History
Carolina Indians in 1700
Part of our knowledge of the Indian nations of the Carolinas during the early colonial period comes from the reports of European explorers. One of […]
History
Chief Kitsap
Suqamish Chief Kitsap lived from about 1750 to about 1845. He was born and raised in Suquamish (in what is now Washington state). He was […]
The Cherokee Civil War, 1842 to 1843
After their removal to Oklahoma in 1838, the hostile rivalry between two Cherokee political factions—the National Party which had resisted removal and the Treaty Party […]
A Cherokee Murder
Following the Trail of Tears in 1838, there were three groups of Cherokee living in Oklahoma: (1) The Old Settlers who had moved to the […]
A Chippewa Treaty
A treaty is an agreement between two or more sovereign nations. Under the U.S. Constitution and the Supreme Court’s interpretation of the Constitution, Indian tribes […]
Interference with Cherokee Government
In 1839, the Cherokee in Oklahoma had gathered to create a new government. They adopted the Act of Union which was to be their new […]
The Cherokee After Removal
By the beginning of the nineteenth century, many prominent and influential Americans, particularly those from the southern states, had decided that the United States should […]
Fort Manuel Lisa and the Indians
When the Corps of Discovery under the leadership of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark returned to St. Louis after their journey to the Pacific Ocean […]
The Spanish and Indians in Florida, 1513 to 1527
The Spanish invasion of what is now Florida began in 1513. At this time, there were at least 200,000 Native Americans living in the area. […]
Old Fort Benton (Photo Diary)
Fort Benton was originally established as a trading post in 1846. It traded with the Blackfoot Indians primarily for buffalo robes which were then sent […]