American Indian History: Life of Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull is remembered as a Sioux leader who united his people against the oppression and injustice of the white men. He had a distrust of the white people around…
Indian Reservations: A Look Back at the Relocation of Native Americans
There are about 310 individual reservations in the United States today, most of which are owned by Native Americans. These Indian reservations were established through different periods of colonial westward…
Looking Back: The Battle of Wounded Knee
The slaughter of American Indians at Wounded Knee left such a cultural wound, that it is often used to describe any wrongs done to the natives by the white men.…
Looking Back: Little Big Horn Dooms Custer
The most profound military loss in US history also marked the height of Sioux power. The Battle of Little Big Horn, known as The Battle of the Greasy Grass (to…
What Prompted Andrew Jackson to Push Through the Indian Removal Act?
The Indian Removal Act of 1830 forced countless Indians from their homes to reservations and government lands on the western side of the Mississippi River. It was this legislation that…
The American Indian: Early History
Most experts agree that the earliest Native American ancestors came over the land bridge from Eurasia around 5000 BC, settling in the Pacific Northwest. A separate group broke away and…
Book Review | In the Hands of the Great Spirit
In the Hands of the Great Spirit: The 20,000-Year History of American Indians Author: Jake Page 5/5 I stumbled on this book almost by accident. And while I did…
Rockwell Mound Park (Havana, IL)
Rockwell Mound has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1987. The mound is located in Rockwell Park, on North Orange Street in the Illinois River city…
The Museum of the American Indian (Washington DC)
In some ways, it's a tragedy that a national museum wasn't built until the 21st century. By all rights, after a brutal 19th century, it would have been a far…
History of the Indian Reorganization Act
There was a serious attempt, in the 1930s, to make amends for the way the United States Government had historically treated the Native Americans. In the wake of the changes…