Teaching

Source “…Roman Nose made his record against the whites, in defense of territory embracing the Republican and Arickaree rivers. He was killed on the latter … Continued

America was named on April 25, 1507 after the Florentine explorer Amerigo Vespucci. The process of naming the continent (initially what is now South America) … Continued

In 1245 CE, the Anasazi (Ancestral Puebloan) began construction on the Sand Canyon Pueblo in Colorado. The pueblo is located at the head of a … Continued

The expansion of the American empire westward across the Mississippi River was motivated by greed and supported by God. During the nineteenth century American greed … Continued

European interest in the area which would later become the state of Michigan began in the seventeenth century and was driven by two concerns: (1) … Continued

One of the common misconceptions about American Indians that is often repeated in the media and in high school and college textbooks is the idea … Continued

For more than a thousand years, American Indian agriculturalists have been living in villages in what is now Arizona and New Mexico. When the Spanish … Continued

In 1670, Prince Rupert, a duke, three earls, and other nobles subscribed to the Company of Adventurers of England Trading Into Hudson’s Bay and were … Continued

Equal protection under the law is a legal and social concept which has often not been viewed as applicable to American Indians.  During much of … Continued

Throughout the first century of its existence, the United States had carried out policies intended to decimate the First Nations that had occupied the lands … Continued