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This subcategory contains 121 links "National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution; online edition of Alice Fletcher's 1881 diary; includes a transcript of her ethnographic field notes, reproductions of her sketches of Native American life, and photographs of Nebraska and South Dakota ." by Michael McLaughlin (2007) The Apache Nation Dispels the belief that Chief Seattle said this expression. Travel oriented but useful 369 prints and drawings by Simon van de Passe (1595-1647), George Catlin (1796-1872), and Karl Bodmer (1809-1893), dating from 1627 to the 1830s; 227 gelatin silver and platinum prints by photographers Edward S. Curtis (1868-1954), Karl E. Moon (1878-1948), and Frank A. Rinehart (1862-1928), and sculptor Frederic Allen Williams (1898-1958), from the late 1890s to 1927. Alaska Native and American Indian history, art, celebrities,culture, dance, storytelling, photographs, music, languages, writers, radio, and media. Alaska Natives Online, tourist attractions. Alaska Native and American Indian issues, links and useful internet resources. A variety of materials, some historical, some genealogy. Biography from Charles A. Eastman (Ohiyesa), Indian Heroes And Great Chieftains. "This world wide site is a developing site supervised by Professor Troy Johnson and is dedicated to the presentation of unique artwork, photographs, video and sound recordings which accurately reflect the history, culture and richness of the Native American experience in North America and has been expanded to include Indian people of Central America and Mexico." Thirty half-hour interviews on audio cassettes conducted by historians and anthropologists, for research and classroom use. Teaching guide included. Washington State History Museum Collections Online Early policy This site provides an extensive digital collection of original photographs and documents about the Northwest Coast and Plateau Indian cultures, complemented by essays written by anthropologists, historians, and teachers about both particular tribes and cross-cultural topics. These cultures have occupied, and in some cases still live in parts of Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana. Maps are available that show traditional territories or reservation boundaries. "While working as an agricultural expert for the Bureau of Indian Affairs after WW II, the author [George McColm]co-wrote a report that revealed the desperate plight of the Navajo people who lived on the brink of starvation in the American Southwest." The people and cultures that inhabited the American Southwest in prehistoric times." On Indian removal policy By Rudolph C. Ryser. Introductory chapter Indian sites "General Nelson Miles summoned Lieutenant Charles Gatewood to Albuquerque in July 1886 and ordered the reluctant veteran of the Apache wars to go find the elusive Chiricahua leader down in the mountains of Mexico." From the University of California, Berkeley "The following text is based on two journals kept by Alice Fletcher during a six-week venture into Plains Indian territory in 1881." The folklore of the Indians of the Kansas River Valley. The Center for the Study of the First Americans explores the questions surrounding the peopling of the Americas. The Center pursues research, education, and public outreach. The HTA republishes this 1918 book, written by a Sioux, about some leaders of Plains Indian tribes. Included are Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and Chief Joseph. General George A. Custer plays a role in some of the narratives. The HTA also publishes each biography separately. Check the Articles and Books: United States menu. Native American History and geneaolgy. The court ruled against the Cherokee. Biography from Charles A. Eastman (Ohiyesa), Indian Heroes And Great Chieftains. Several articles dealing with this Indiana chief and the commemoration of his life. A Journey Past supplies lots of links. Biography from Charles A. Eastman (Ohiyesa), Indian Heroes And Great Chieftains. Book by Mary H. Eastman The mass hanging was the concluding scene in the opening chapter of a story of American-Sioux conflict that would not end until the Seventh Calvary completed its massacre at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, on December 29, 1890. Brief but interesting The Duke Collection of American Indian Oral History online provides access to typescripts of interviews (1967 -1972) conducted with hundreds of Indians in Oklahoma regarding the histories and cultures of their respective nations and tribes. Book published in 1911. Subtitled: "Being a Fragment of the Early History of Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming." Excellent site Flags and their stories The History, Achievements and Legacy of the American Indian Movement by Jeremy Schneider. Biography from Charles A. Eastman (Ohiyesa), Indian Heroes And Great Chieftains. George Welling's excellent site Accounts of the Cherokee "Trail of Tears" with reference to "Princess Otahki" by Mrs. Elizabeth Mulligan Listserv dedicated to the study of the first immigrants to the Western Hemisphere and their descendants. 1900 paper by a Indian Commissioner 1899 article from Atlantic Monthly The photos below are presented for public viewing and education on the Internet. They have been made available by the National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution. Brief The History of the Cherokee" website is a tribute to the strength and determination of our people to survive centuries of trials and oppression. This website is designed and maintained by Ken Martin, a Cherokee of mixed-blood and a tribal member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. Biography from Charles A. Eastman (Ohiyesa), Indian Heroes And Great Chieftains. Essays on how "whites" viewed the peoples of the New World, the Indians, as they were called. "An ongoing digitizatio project, the site contains the full text of over three hundred treaties concerning Native American Indian tribes." "Images of the Indian Peoples of the Northern Great Plains is a searchable online photograph database created with grant support from the Institute of Museum and Library Services National Leadership Grant Program." Info on the reservations Celebrating the beauty and strength of Native American cultures & histories. From the The University of Oklahoma Law Center. See this site for a wealth of documents. Includes links to other sites "WHEN LIEUTENANT COLONEL GEORGE ARMSTRONG CUSTER'S 7TH CAVALRY APPROACHED THE LARGE TEPEE VILLAGE ON JUNE 25, 1876, IT WAS HIGH NOON FOR THE NORTHERN PLAINS INDIANS." Museum of the Lenape Indians is in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Literature of Justification is an ongoing project by students at Lehigh University that takes as its provocative starting point the "gigantic question" that Washington Irving asks in his1809 History of New York (Book I, chapter v): "What right had the first discoverers of America to land, and take possession of a country, without asking the consent of its inhabitants, or yielding them an adequate compensation for their territory?" Biography from Charles Eastman (Ohiyesa), Indian Heroes And Great Chieftains. Biography from Charles A. Eastman (Ohiyesa), Indian Heroes And Great Chieftains. New site Greg O'Brien says "Once Choctaw chiefs became enmeshed in the American market system, they found their options severely limited as Americans tightened their grip on Choctaw lands. The key question with regard to Indian removal is not whether or not chiefs like Mushulatubbee were “sell-outs.” Instead, the question is whether they realized that their successful participation in the economy and politics of the United States would only increase their dependence upon that same nation and thus help to create the mess they found themselves in by 1830." This collection currently includes the narrative reports of the commissioner of Indian affairs for 1871, 1872, 1875, and 1876, and three additional reports for 1871. It also includes a map of western reservations published with the 1875 report. Comprehensive Map east of the Mississippi River. Resistance and Removal Creek, Cherokee "NATIVE VILLAGE website was created for youth, educators, families, and friends who wish to celebrate the rich, diverse cultures of The Americas' First Peoples. Each week we offer readers two current events publications: NATIVE VILLAGE Drum and NATIVE VILLAGE Youth and Education News. Each issue summarizes current happenings in Indian country and is written in an easy-to-read format. NATIVE VILLAGE also houses additional resources and information to enrich all lives on Turtle Island. Please visit, and sign up for our update reminders. We are always glad to make new friends!" Devoted the Native Americans, i.e., immigrants before 1492 The photos below are presented for public viewing and education on the Internet. They have been made available by the National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution. Text for the archive photos presented for your viewing below has been written by Stan Hoggatt of Western Treasures and may not reflect the view of the National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution. The photos may not be copied or used in any manner except for your viewing on this page on the Internet. Iroquois tribe in upstate New York Artist George Catlin painted pictures of American Indians. Mississippi Choctaw leader. Early 1800s. Biography from Charles A. Eastman (Ohiyesa), Indian Heroes And Great Chieftains. PBS, New Perspectives on the West Biography from Charles A. Eastman (Ohiyesa), Indian Heroes And Great Chieftains. Biography from Charles A. Eastman (Ohiyesa), Indian Heroes And Great Chieftains. New Mexico. "Two ancient southwestern cultural traditions-the Anasazi and Mogollon-overlapped in the Salinas Valley to produce the later societies at Abó, Gran Quivira, and Quarai." The Medal of Honor, this nation's highest honor for valor, was awarded to four Seminole-Negro Indian Scouts. Buffalo Soldier Regimental returns, show that after twelve engagements and twenty expeditions, not one of their men was killed or seriously wounded in their 17 year history. This site is dedicated to the rich history and culture of the Florida Seminole Indians. Comanche legend about the Bluebonnet flower. Fron PBS, Lewis & Clark meet the Shoshone Biography from Charles A. Eastman (Ohiyesa), Indian Heroes And Great Chieftains. The history, language, and culture of the Cherokee people Biography from Charles A. Eastman (Ohiyesa), Indian Heroes And Great Chieftains. photo essay Biography from Charles Eastman (Ohiyesa), Indian Heroes And Great Chieftains. In 1963, a group of distinguished Cherokees founded the Cherokee National Historical Society, a private non-profit corporation designed to preserve the history and culture of the Cherokee people - past, present, and future. brief history of the The Chickamauga Cherokee. Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina. "When a white settler killed a Nez Perce warrior in 1876, the incident set off a chain of events that led to war." By Mark Highberger From the Revolution to Reconstruction project When French explorers first journeyed down from Canada to the upper Mississippi Valley in the early Seventeenth Century, they found the region inhabited by a vigorous, populous Algonquin nation who called themselves "Hileni" or "Illiniwek" which means "men." This page deals with Lakota and Dakota peoples. These distinct but related groups are sometimes referred to as Sioux or Siouan peoples. The summer of 1868 brings war band of Cheyennes, Kiowas, and Comanches to town's door by Bryan Zug By Amy Kirkley, Severn School. Short essay on the interrelationships between the older immigrants (Indians) and the new immigrants (Europeans). The Northern Cherokee Nation of Missouri and Arkansas is a Missouri State Recognized tribe with, at the current time, approximately 6,000 tribal members. Seminole tribe of Florida official website "Links to web sites and information about the Shawnee and many links about Tecumseh." By Lorie Liggett. Introductory essay. Site contains links. This site lists over 3000 historical events which happened to or affected the indigenous peoples of North America. It also has Tribal name meanings and alternative names, Indian "moon" names, and links to thousands of other sites. Spring 1985, Vol. 18, No. 1. "Thus Spoke Chief Seattle: The Story of An Undocumented Speech" By Jerry L. Clark National Historic Trail Biography from Charles A. Eastman (Ohiyesa), Indian Heroes And Great Chieftain. Tse-whit-zen in the state of Washington Short bio of Chiricahua Chief Cochise. Apache. "Cherokee Stand Watie exhibited bravery and leadership while fighting for two lost causes." After Nez Perce soldiers "killed some settlers in Idaho Territory, General O.O. Howard ordered Captain David Perry at Fort Lapwai to go get them, telling him, 'You must not get whipped.' " 1890 Harper's Weekley article Lakota. December 29, 1890 Excellent |
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