Ethnographers commonly classify the native peoples of the United States and Canada into ten geographical regions with shared cultural traits. The following list groups native american indians by their region of origin, followed by the current reservation locations.
PINE RIDGE, S.D. – There is only the light of a quarter-moon and a canopy of shooting stars when Lakota voices in Stronghold camp say, “They are coming.”
In the distance, fourteen Lakota horseback riders, some riding bareback, are approaching on the same route that survivors of the massacre of Wounded Knee followed 112 years ago.
The family of a deaf Laguna Pueblo woman was forced to hold two burial ceremonies for her because of a state oversight.
Alicia Waseta, 21, was dragged to death last September as she was crossing a street near the New Mexico School for the Deaf in Santa Fe, from where she had recently graduated.
The ugly head of racism is still alive and well in Indian country. Thanks to racist policies in the early 20th century, a part of the Seminole Nation in Oklahoma, has found itself in the middle of a racial tug of war.
Jeff Smith, along with his brother Clint, was captured by Indians on Sunday, March 3, 1869 by ten Lipan and 15 Comanches. Jeff was sold to an apache named Geronimo (also called Jerome by the Mexicans), a Bedonkohe Apache. His Apache name was Goyathlay, which means One Who Yawns. This article has permanently moved to […]
In a just-released book on the Northern Cherokee Nation of the Old Louisiana Territory, a chapter recounts this American Indian tribe’s history in Kansas. For some people, that account may come as a surprise, as the Northern Cherokee typically aren’t associated with the Sunflower State. Records and family histories speak otherwise.
This article gives an overview of the St. Francis Abenaki of the Odanak Reserve.
Source: As told by GERONIMO, Public Domain Document My grandfather, Maco, had been our chief. I never saw him, but my father often told me of the great size, strength, and sagacity of this old warrior. The Apache’s principal wars had been with the Mexicans. They had some wars with other tribes of Indians also, […]
Source: As told by Geronimo, Public Domain Document Apache celebrations To celebrate each noted event a feast and dance would be given. Perhaps only our own people, perhaps neighboring tribes, would be invited. These festivities usually lasted for about four days. By day we feasted, by night under the direction of some chief we danced. […]
Source: As Told By Geronimo, Public Domain Document The Apache Indians are divided into six sub tribes.To one of these, the Be-don-ko-he, I belong. Our tribe inhabited that region of mountainouscountry which lies west from the east line ofArizona, and south from the head waters of theGila River. This article has permanently moved to our […]
The Hualapai Tribe of northwestern Arizona is among many of the forgotten tribes. Most likely if at any event among non-indians you will be asked if you are Navajo. Why? Well of course they have the largest reservation and are just everywhere, they are better known. It is sad to say that most of the […]
After a 30-year closure, the lovely canyon named after a banished Cahuilla shaman called Tahquitz has reopened on a limited basis to hikers in Palm Springs. Tribal rangers lead daily hikes through the storied canyon, which is two miles as the phainopepla flies southwest of downtown.
In the way of the Crow, storytellers have passed down the traditions and history of the people word by word, from one generation to the next, since the beginnings of the tribe.
You might be of Melungeon heritage if you meet some or all of the criteria set out in this article.
Poverty, starvation, and general suffering led to unrest that in 1862 culminated in the U.S.-Dakota Conflict, which launched a series of Indian wars on the northern plains that did not end until the battle of Wounded Knee in 1890, and resulted in the mass hanging of the Dakota 38..
The Cherokee War of 1839 was the culmination of friction between the Cherokee, Kickapoo, and Shawnee Indians and the white settlers in Northeast Texas. The Indians, who had obtained squatters’ rights to the land from Spanish authorities, were promised title to the land by the Consultation, and on February 23, 1836, a treaty made by […]