History
Three Hundred Years Ago
Three hundred years ago, in 1711, the various European powers in North America were involved in a divide and conquer strategy against the Indian nations. […]
History
The War on Poverty
In 1964, with one out of every five Americans living in poverty, President Lyndon Johnson addressed Congress in his State of the Union message and […]
Alcatraz Island
The occupation of Alcatraz Island in California by a group of Indians from various nations during the late 1960s and early 1970s became the symbol […]
The French Fur Trade
When the French first entered North America, their primary focus was on gaining wealth through the fur trade. They viewed Indians as trading partners, as […]
The Choctaw Removal
By 1830, non-Indians in Mississippi, motivated by greed and racism, were strongly advocating the removal of the Choctaw from the state. According to the citizens […]
Re-Enacting the Fur Trade
As with many other aspects of history, the fur trade in North America has re-enactors who bring this aspect of history alive by acting out […]
The Athabascan-Speaking Groups in the Southwest
Sometime in the late 1300’s and early 1400’s groups of hunting and gathering Athabascan-speaking peoples began arriving in the Southwest from the far north in […]
Heathens on the Nez Perce Reservation
When Ulysses S. Grant assumed the Presidency, he inherited a major problem with regard to the administration of the Indian reservations. The Indian Service was […]
Assimilation and Indian Names
During the last part of the nineteenth century the emphasis of the United States Indian policy was on assimilation. According to this philosophy, American Indians, […]
The Inka Empire
When the Spanish under the leadership of Francisco Pizarro arrived in Peru in 1532, they encountered the Inka empire. With a population of about 8 […]