This newest volume in Oxford's acclaimed Pivotal Moments series offers an unforgettable portrait of the Nez Perce War of 1877, the last great Indian conflict in American history. It was, as Elliott
The Indian tribes of the Ohio Valley were surprised and angered by the defeat of their French allies in the French and Indian War; the natives were in possession of their homelands and had little
The early colonial wars between France and Britain were fought primarily in Europe. American events played relatively minor roles. After three rounds, no clear victor had
Saxso is fourteen when the British soldiers attack his Canadian village. It is the year 1759, and war is raging between the British and the French, with the Abenaki people-Saxso's people-by their
The Proclamation of 1763 forbade English colonists to live west of the Appalachian Mountains. Following the French and Indian War, Native Americans residing in the Ohio Country feared that American
The French and Indian War (1754 -1763) was one in a series of wars fought between England and France beginning in the late 1600s. What made the French and Indian War different from the earlier
The Algonquian Indians are a variety of groups of Native Americans who all speak languages closely related to one another. The Algonquian language family is one of the largest in native
I’ve been reading the Newberry Honor book, Indian Captive, written and illustrated by Lois Lenski. I know, I know, we all read this story in the 4th grade, but I’m reading it again. It’s such
The French and Indian war was a nine-year battle between France and England. The war sparked when both Britain and France claimed territories in the New
The Conspiracy of Pontiac is an account of the Indian wars that occurred on the Appalachian frontier, extending from western Virginia to what is now Wisconsin and Michigan, in