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Indian Names of the Southern & Central Plains Tribes
The Great Plains is a huge American Indian culture area which is generally sub-divided into the Northern, Central, and Southern Plains. Among the Indian nations […]
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Ancient America: 8,000 Years Ago
Eight thousand years ago, the people in the British Isles as well as in most of Europe were still living as hunters and gatherers. They […]
The 19th Century Indian Office
In 1824, the Secretary of War, John C. Calhoun, established the Office of Indian Affairs without Congressional authorization. He did this by appointing Thomas L. […]
A Crow Uprising (19th Century)
Among the Indian nations of the Northern Plains, individual success in war was usually credited to the power of personal war medicine. This war medicine […]
The 1855 Hell Gate Treaty
When the United States divided Oregon Territory into Washington Territory and Oregon Territory in 1853, western Montana was included in Washington Territory. President Millard Fillmore […]
Pontiac’s War
In 1763, the Ottawa leader Pontiac led an alliance of Indian nations in the Ohio Valley in a war of resistance against the British. In […]
Indians 101: 1961
Fifty years ago, in 1961, winds of political and social change were sweeping across the United States. There was not only a new President, John […]
Ancient America: The Mammoth Hunters
As the ice fields that had covered the northern portion of North America began to retreat, new environments were created. North America looked very different […]
The Bureau of Indian Affairs
In discussions about American Indians, one of the terms which often comes up is the BIA or Bureau of Indian Affairs. Officially the Bureau of […]
