History
The Ancestors of the Iroquois
When the Dutch and the French, and later the English, began to enter into what would become New York State searching for trading partners in […]
History
Dighton Rock
When the Europeans first began their invasion of what would become known as New England, they encountered people-American Indians-whose origins and existence puzzled them. They […]
Mount Rushmore
While Europeans tended to build the places they considered to be sacred-churches, statues, memorials-for American Indian people sacred places were often not places constructed by […]
One Hundred Years Ago: 1912
During the nineteenth century, academics, politicians, teachers, historians, and the general public knew that Americans Indians were a vanishing race, destined to disappear before the […]
Indian Farming in Massachusetts
While the English history of the colonization of Massachusetts often characterizes the Indians as nomadic hunters with no claim to the land, it is interesting […]
The War Against the Yavapai
In 1865, some drunken American squatters murdered Pai headman Anasa. In retaliation, Pai raiders attacked several wagon trains, ran off livestock, and shut down the […]
The Wounded Knee Massacre: 121st Anniversary
( – promoted by navajo) The Sand Creek Massacre and the Washita Massacre both led to the Wounded Knee Massacre. The Sand Creek Massacre brought […]
The Hiawatha Asylum for Insane Indians
In the United States the concept of insanity has often been associated with notions of racial purity and the racial superiority of Europeans. In 1898, […]
The Hopi Reservation
The Hopi had lived in their mesa-top villages in what is now northern Arizona for many centuries before the United States acquired the right to […]
The Indian Journal
The media has never been fair and balanced when it comes to serving Indian people and reporting on events which impact Indian lives. Many Indian […]