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Book Extract | Native Nations: A Millennium in North America by Kathleen Du Val
3+ hour, 40+ min ago (210+ words) Excerpted with permission from the publisher Native Nations: A Millennium in North America, Kathleen Du Val, Profile Books, an imprint of Hachette India. in the eighteenth century, but I had a lot to learn too. As I concentrated on making…...
Exhibit celebrates Indigenous contributions to the nation's past and present
8+ hour, 31+ min ago (203+ words) Native Americans serve in the military at a higher rate than any other ethnic group. This display at the Museum of Indigenous People in Prescott shows the past and present of that service. (Brodie Greene/Courier) BELOW: There is much…...
Out There: Three Historic Hikes
5+ hour, 19+ min ago (790+ words) Walking in the Revolution's footsteps One of the first thoughts that occurs to you when reading up on the history of the American Revolution in the Hudson Highlands is that they sure did a lot of walkin'." Many of the…...
When America declared independence, Baton Rouge said no thanks
8+ hour, 31+ min ago (1688+ words) This copy of a map from the 1770s, created by Engineer Elias Durnford, is a part of the LSU Libraries Collection. This mark, which reads, "Her Majesty's State Paper Office."" This copy of a map from the 1770s, created by Engineer Elias…...
Next on Native Bidask: Zianne Richardson Reflects on America250 Through a Native Lens
8+ hour, 19+ min ago (335+ words) As the United States marks its 250th anniversary, many Native people are reflecting on what the milestone means for Indigenous communities whose histories long predate the nation's founding. In this edition of Native Bidask, premiering Friday, July 3, at 12 p. m. ET, host Levi…...
Little Bighorn library letters: A glimpse into preparing for the 50th commemoration
8+ hour, 31+ min ago (1809+ words) Don't forget to keep a weather eye open for that prince of fakers, Alfred Chapman, the long-haired liar who claims he was Custer's chief guide, and witnessed the massacre thru a spyglass from a hill a mile away." This passage,…...
The origins of NAIDOC
11+ hour, 3+ min ago (317+ words) A celebration of how alien yet relatable so many of the creatures that live among us can be. Glimpse worlds beyond our own with AG's esteemed space expert and living legend, Fred Watson. Be surprised and illuminated by Dr Karl,…...
The Eastern Shoshone honor their Treaty Day on July 3
14+ hour, 19+ min ago (246+ words) As Wyomingites gear up to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the Eastern Shoshone Tribe is celebrating another document: the Fort Bridger Treaty of 1863. Tribes across the U. S. celebrate the day when original treaties were signed with the U. S. government....
The US at 250: A Native Perspective on California's Indian history
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (221+ words) On this edition of Your Call, we continue our US at 250: A Native Perspective series by discussing Native history in California. Within the 100 years that encompassed both Spanish Colonization and the Gold Rush, California's Indigenous population experienced an estimated 80 percent…...
Louisiana wasn't one of the 13 colonies, but it still fought in the Revolution. Here's how.
1+ day, 47+ min ago (731+ words) Louisiana wasn't one of the 13 colonies that declared independence from Britain. But people living in what is now Louisiana still played a role in the American Revolution. Spanish Louisiana fought the British during the war, but not as a formal…...