History
The American Indian Horse
While the popular image of Plains Indians is that of the horse-mounted warrior and buffalo hunter, the horse as we know it today only came […]
History
American Indian Place Names in Glacier National Park
Since there is going to be a meet up in Glacier Park in June, I thought it might be interesting to do a tour of […]
American Indian Place Names in Washington
While Washington was named for an American President who was not known for his love of Indians, many of the town names in Washington reflect […]
American Indian Place Names in Oregon
The etymology of Oregon begins in 1765 with a petition to the British King regarding Ouragon, the mythical River of the West. According to the […]
The Pueblos: 1700 to 1725
In 1680, the Pueblos of New Mexico revolted against the Spanish and drove them from the region. A decade later, however, the Spanish returned and […]
The Moravian Missions to the Indians
During the eighteenth century, a small Protestant Christian sect known as the Moravians sent missionaries to North America in an attempt to convert American Indians […]
Renaming Indians
American government policies regarding American Indians, particularly during the nineteenth century, were primarily focused on “civilizing” the Indians. This meant that Indians were to change […]
The Genoa Indian School
The Genoa Industrial Indian School was started in 1884 in a one-room school that had been originally built for the Pawnee before the tribe was […]
Queen Anne’s War in the North
In 1702 a war broke out between England and France which would later be known as Queen Anne’s War, the War of Spanish Succession, and […]