When Americans from the eastern part of the United States began moving west in large numbers in the mid-nineteenth century, tensions escalated and conflicts erupted between and among settlers, railroad workers, ranchers, the United States military, and numerous Native American tribes. Incorporating balanced consideration of these diverse and…

This book focuses on the history and culture of the First Nations of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba (Canada). An introductory chapter briefly overviews the history of the First Nations, based on evidence found at archaeological sites in the plains and subarctic areas within the three provinces. Although there were many notable differences…

Briefly overviews the history of the Monacans, a people of Sioux origin who settled on Bear Mountain in central Virginia during the 17th century. Discusses efforts of the Monacan Tribal Association, formed in 1988, to receive federal recognition and reclaim their cultural heritage. Efforts include plans for a museum to display Monacan history and…

Captured in extraordinary detail in the early 19th century, when Wichita elders then living on the Red River could remember their birthplace on the Arkansas River, the tale reflects the anguish of a people fleeing for their lives, on foot, down the treeless grasslands of the Great Plains. (Author).

No one knows for certain just when the bow and arrow came into use in America, but they were in use from the far north to the tip of South America when Europeans first arrived. Over the hemisphere the equipment ranged from very poor to excellent, with the finest bows of all being made in the northwest of North America. Some of these bows rivaled…

Reviews life and literature of Zitkala Sa (Gertrude Simmons Bonnin), Sioux Indian born in 1876 on Yankton Reservation (South Dakota), educated at Quaker schools and Earlham College (Indiana), accomplished orator, author of autobiographical essays and short stories, worker for Indian reform, lecturer, and founder of National Council of American…

Explores interactional processes between seventeenth century Iroquoian peoples of Northeast and French Jesuit missionaries who worked among them. Examines Jesuit attempts to change Iroquoian and Huron tribal culture, as reflected in Jesuit records, and evaluates effectiveness of these attempts. Examines Indians' reactions to Jesuit attempts at…

Pictures and/or descriptions of the feats of notable Indian athletes, including Ed Rogers, Jim Thorpe, William Dietz, Gus Welch, and Louis Tewanima. Traces the trends in Indian athletics from the first part of the century to contemporary times and discusses Indian athletes as media figures. (DS)

Western New York's Allegany Seneca Reservation was a troubled place. John Peirce, one of many Allegany chiefs, could only lament in 1821 how a political situation had spiraled out of control: "war had risen amongst them." Within a span of a few years, Quakers operating a schoolhouse on Seneca lands had ripped apart the Allegany people.…

"Maine appears out of the woods," the editor of the "Lewiston Evening Journal" opined, after President Jimmy Carter signed the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act in 1980. That sigh of relief was heartfelt. During the 1970s, two Native American tribes, the Passamaquoddies and Penobscots, had sparked a long, statewide nightmare…

Focusing on one aspect of the attitude of the rancher toward the Indian, this article examines the Journal called "The Cattleman" and concludes by drawing some general conclusions regarding the rancher-Indian relationship. (RTS)

Analyzes the career of Dennis Banks in the American Indian Movement. Describes the occurrences leading to the occupation of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, and Banks' subsequent activities. (MH)

Argues in favor of a Chippewa right to harvest maple sap from trees on federal land. Discusses the history of Indian production of and trade in maple sugar, examines relevant treaties, and draws parallels with tribal rights to fish and harvest wild rice. Contains 91 references. (SV)

Traces the eighteenth-century history of Indian tribes in the upper Susquehanna valley: settlement of the valley by various displaced tribes, Iroquois claims and control, steadfast and costly loyalty to the British during the Revolutionary War, and economic decline and displacement in the war's aftermath. Contains 37 references. (SV)

Describes the "Ten Cent Treaty" settling the Turtle Mountain Chippewas' 10-million-acre land claim; creation of a small reservation; de facto removal resulting from distant public-domain land allotments; and granting of citizenship and fee patents to half-bloods and subsequent land loss. Contains 30 references. (SV)