Born in 1850, Quanah Parker belonged to the last generation of Comanches to follow the traditional nomadic life of their ancestors. After the Civil War, the trickle of white settlers encroaching on
The Sand Creek Massacre, occurring on November 29, 1864, was one of the most infamous incidents of the Indian Wars. Initially reported in the press as a victory against a bravely fought defense by
Several incidents in the summer and fall of 1862 led to the battle between Bear Hunter and Col. Connor. These were related to broad struggles between indigenous peoples and European-American settlers
Ross, John, whose name in Cherokee is Kooweskoowe (kōˌwĭsˌkōwēˈ) [key], 1790–1866, Native American chief, b. near Lookout Mt., Tenn., of Scottish and Cherokee
The U.S. military assumed nominal control of the southwest from Mexico by 1846. Military and civilian records show that civilians continued their raids into Navajo lands. Likewise, Navajo raided
These are sterner, less kindly, less philosophic words than Marcy's, but they keenly outline the duty of the Army on the frontier. We made treaties with the Indians and broke them. In turn men such
Like their counterparts in the north, the Southern Plains tribes' way of life depended definitively upon the buffalo. They used virtually all of the animal for food, tools, shelter, clothing, sacred
This powerful narrative traces the social, cultural, and political history of the Cherokee Nation during the forty-year period after its members were forcibly removed from the southern Appalachians
Carlisle Indian Industrial School (1879–1918) was an Indian boarding school in Carlisle,
Louis Nolette, a fifteen-year-old Abenaki Indian from Canada, is recruited to fight in the northern Irish Brigade in the Civil War.
First Michigan SharpshootersPhoto by Chris Czopek By Shari Aljumah Native Americans have fought on the same side as the Europeans in many wars despite the fact that our history books rarely speak of
Black Beaver or Suck-tum-mah-kway (1806—1880) was a Delaware trapper, scout, and interpreter who became a chief, and later a wealthy rancher in present-day Anadarko,
The Civil War and Native American Museum occupies a two story, seven room tenant house that was once part of the John Abbott II farm. The house was named "The Pepper House" for the drying vegetables
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