History
The Theft of the Black Hills
During the second half of the nineteenth century, American policies regarding the “civilizing” of the Plains Indians called for them to be segregated in reservations […]
History
Makah Whaling
The area along the Pacific Coast north of California and between the Cascade Mountains and the ocean is the home to many Indian nations who […]
The Chemawa Indian School
During the nineteenth and part of the twentieth century, American policies regarding Indians focused on assimilation. Under these policies, the American government sought to destroy […]
Centuries of Genocide: Modoc Indians, Part V (Termination Era, 1954-1986)
( – promoted by navajo) photo credit: Aaron Huey Don’t worry if you missed previous installments. This diary will serve as a stand-alone and as […]
Some “Amazing” Ceremonies
During the nineteenth century, some European and American explorers witnessed American Indian ceremonies which they found amazing. When these outside observers attempted to describe what […]
“marrying land & people to Jehovah”
( – promoted by navajo) What’s the main point? Denials Of The Genocide Of Native Americans There are many other examples of denial by perpetrators […]
147th Anniversary of the Sand Creek Massacre of Nov. 29th, 1864
Chief Black Kettle: I want you to give all these chiefs of the soldiers here to understand that we are for peace, and that we […]
Ancient America: The Vikings
Shortly after the Norse colonization of Greenland under Erik the Red in 986, there were reports by the Viking sea kings of three new lands […]
Ancient America: Pictographs
For thousands of years Indian people left evidence of their presence on the land with rock art: pictographs and petroglyphs. Pictographs are created by painting […]
Idaho’s Weiser Shoshone
In Idaho, an 1867 editorial in a Boise, Idaho newspaper stated: “This would be our plan of establishing friendship on an eternal basis with our […]