Describes the results of an archaeological dig of a 2000-year-old Woodland Period Indian village. Goes on to include quotes regarding Indians from early colonial inhabitants in an attempt to blend ethnohistorical evidence of Indian trade and wars with archaeological evidence gained from the dig. (JDH)

In this article, reprinted from the September 1898 issue of "McClure's Magazine," a Cheyenne Indian gives a first hand account of the defeat of General Custer by a force of three thousand warriors from the major Plains tribes at the battle of the Little Bighorn. (RM)

Provides a collection of historical and cultural materials on the Cherokee, Shawnee, Choctaw, and Seminole. (JDH)

Marvin Stewart, Director of the Crow Nation's Office of Reclamation, talks with the author about the past and present culture and problems of the Crow and other Indian tribes. (RM)

Background information on the travels and settlements of Bartholomew Gosnold in New England during the seventeenth century is provided. The article concludes with a listing of commonly used English words derived from Native American cultures over the generations. A listing of selected language families and member tribes is also included. (RM)

A selection from a U.S. history textbook dealing with the problems of the Northwest Territory during the eighteenth century is used to show how teachers can teach students to recognize different points of view, in this case those of the British, the American settlers, and the American Indians. (RM)

Presents a brief history of the Cherokee Nation, from its first contact with De Soto in 1540 through Andrew Jackson's presidency. Concludes that the Cherokee removal clearly illustrates the shallowness of Jacksonian democratic principles. (JDH)