The Civil War must have been a confusing time for Native Americans. Pushed from the east and relegated to Indian Territory, the group known as the Five Civilized Tribes were pressured from both ...
A portrait of Col. Ely S. Parker from the National Archives Collection "Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes" from between 1921–1940. According to the National Archives, ...
Ned Blackhawk is a professor of history at Yale University and the author of “The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History.” As we approach the 250th anniversary of the ...
Monday, October 13 is Indigenous People’s Day. Between 1776 and 1887, the U.S. seized more than 1.5 billion acres from Native Americans by treaty and executive order. According to the National Park ...
After the Revolutionary War, the U.S. was drowning in debt. After the Revolutionary War, the U.S. was drowning in debt. To pay it off, it sold Native land it didn’t control. This is the story of how a ...
The American Revolution was a defining moment in the history of Pennsylvania. Neighbor turned against neighbor amidst a desperate civil war in colonial America. Indigenous societies were uprooted from ...
LEELANAU COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) - - A bill to dedicate a stretch of M-22 in Peshawbestown to Native American volunteer Civil War soldiers of Company K remains stalled in the Michigan House, ...
LEELANAU COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) - - Lawmakers in Lansing are working to honor a group of Native American veterans who served in the Civil War. Rep. John Roth, R-104th District, emphasized the ...