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…
Reservation existence is tough. And that's under the best of circumstances. The 2020 assault of Coronavirus (COVID-19) has compounded the difficulty of rez life and Navajo Nation is reeling. There…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…