Ben Black Elk (1899-1973) was born at Manderson on the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota USA. He played a pivotal role as a translator for his …
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A Complete Guide To Native American History
From coast to coast, discover some key moments in the history of America's original inhabitants.
The Lakota Sioux have inhabited the Black Hills and surrounding areas of present-day South Dakota for centuries. The Black Hills hold profound …
From the era of Spanish Conquistadors to the Indian Wars of the 1870s, Native Americans in the West and Southwest of what is now the United States …
English colonization in North America, the French and Indian War, the American Revolution, and the early United States westward expansion all …
In the American South, many Native Americans were forcibly relocated during the early 1800s as part of a ruthless campaign to free up land for …
Most of what we know about Indigenous leader Tecumseh was written by those who fought against him. Indigenous writer Leanne Simpson offers a new take …
Known as America’s last frontier, Alaska finally became the 49th US state in 1959. However, native people had been living in Alaska for thousands of …
Everyone knows there was a clear split between colonists during the American Revolution. What’s often overlooked is the turmoil Indigenous Americans …
Many Native Americans volunteered for service in World War II and were included with white Americans in the military draft. As many as 25,000 Native …
Believing they needed to “kill the Indian to save the man,” the US and Canada created boarding schools to assimilate Native children into a white …
The French and Indian War (1754-63) was part of the larger Seven Years’ War between France and England that some consider a proto-World War. The …
The Trail of Tears was the forced relocation of approximately 100,000 Native Americans and is synonymous with the treatment of Native peoples by the …
