History
Nor’Westers and Indians in the Columbia Plateau
The fur trade was an important part of the economic history of North America and incorporated American Indian economies into a larger world economy. Furs […]
History
Ancient America: Book Burning
Writing first appeared in the Maya area about 400 BCE. The Maya developed their writing systems more elaborately than any other group in the Americas. […]
The Great Debate
The discovery of the Americas presented some difficult problems for the Christian Europeans: the people who lived in the Americas, often called Indians, did not […]
Hopi Migrations
In 1540 Francisco Vásquez de Coronado began his journey north from Mexico seeking the legendary Seven Cities of Cibola. He had with him a force […]
Indian Affairs During the Coolidge Administration
With the sudden death of President Warren Harding in 1923, Calvin Coolidge became the 30th President of the United States. While the Harding administration was […]
The Search for Cibola
The conquests of the Aztec and Inka empires in the early 1500s brought great wealth to Spain in the form of gold and silver. Inspired […]
Keresan Pueblo Migrations
When the Spanish first began to explore the area which would later be known as New Mexico, they encountered well-established Indian agricultural villages. Collectively, the […]
A Friend to the English in 17th Century Connecticut
In 1842, the monument for Mohegan leader Uncas was completed in Norwich, Connecticut. Historian William Leete Stone traveled from New York City to speak at […]
The Puget Sound War
In 1855, concerned about a potential Indian uprising, American settlers in the Puget Sound area of Washington formed four companies of soldiers. One of these […]
The First U.S. Treaties with the Navajo
In 1846, the United States took control of New Mexico and Arizona. The United States Army under the leadership of General Stephen Watts Kearny occupied […]