History
Indians 101: A Century Ago
( – promoted by navajo) During the nineteenth century it was commonly believed by non-Indians that American Indians and their cultures were destined for extinction. […]
History
Ancient America: The Classic Maya
( – promoted by navajo) At the height of the Classic Period (200 CE to 900 CE), the Maya population numbered several million people living […]
The Steptoe Defeat
( – promoted by navajo) In 1853 the United States divided Oregon Territory into two territories: Washington and Oregon. President Millard Fillmore appointed Isaac I. […]
Personal Names Among the Indian Nations East of the Mississippi
( – promoted by navajo) Personal names among the Indian nations east of the Mississippi River were quite different from European names. There was little […]
Buffalo Hunting on the Northern Plains
( – promoted by navajo) The Great Plains stretches from the Canadian provinces in the north, almost to the Gulf of Mexico in the south, […]
Cheyenne Medicine Bundles
( – promoted by navajo) Among the Cheyenne there are two sacred medicine bundles: The Sacred Arrows (Maahotse) and the Sacred Buffalo Hat (Esevone). The […]
The 17th Century Wampanoag
( – promoted by navajo) In 1600, shortly before the beginning of the European invasion, the population of the Wampanoag people in Massachusetts was estimated […]
Cheyenne Migrations
( – promoted by navajo) The Cheyenne oral tradition tells of a time when the people were living in what is now Northeastern Canada. They […]
The 1854-1855 Western Washington Treaties
( – promoted by navajo) A treaty is simply an agreement between two sovereign nations. The Constitution indicates that Indian tribes are nations and thus […]
The Indian Removal Act
( – promoted by navajo) During the first part of the nineteenth century, the American policy was to remove Indians from east of the Mississippi […]