Native American History
Native American history spans an array of diverse groups and leaders, including Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse and Tecumseh, and events like the Trail of Tears, the Battle of Little Bighorn and the occupation of Alcatraz.
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They've had to fight continually to maintain their way of life.
The treaty that made the first Thanksgiving possible has a dark backstory.
Chief John Ross devoted much of his life to fighting against the forced removal of his people from their ancestral lands.
There are more than nine million Native Americans living in the United States, representing hundreds of tribal nations with diverse languages, cultures and traditions.
8 Incredible Inventions of the Indigenous People of the Americas
8 Incredible Inventions of the Indigenous People of the Americas
From goggles to kayaks and more, discover eight incredible inventions by the Indigenous peoples of the Americas.
3 Lesser-Known Native American Heroes
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These influential Native American leaders helped shape the course of early American history.
Kidnapped and taken to Spain, Opechancanough used what he learned of the Europeans to lead his people against two of the world's greatest powers.
The American Indian Movement (AIM) is a grassroots movement for Indigenous rights, founded in 1968 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The group has organized many high-profile protests and occupations, and was a driving force behind the Native American civil rights movement of the 1970s.
Check out seven facts about this infamous chapter in American history.
The Trail of Tears was the deadly journey Native Americans were forced to undergo after being removed from their ancestral lands.
Tecumseh was a Shawnee chief who organized a Native American confederacy to create a free Indian state and stop white settlement in the Great Lakes region.
It’s a symbiotic system of growing corn, beans and squash.
In the story of the Great Law of Peace, Hiawatha and the Peacemaker convince leaders of the Five Nations to literally bury the hatchet.
From kayaks to contraceptives to pain relievers, Native Americans from a range of tribal nations developed key innovations long before Columbus reached the Americas.
The sport, which dates to 1100, was a social event and sometimes played to settle disputes.
They've had to fight continually to maintain their way of life.
Severe exposure, starvation and disease ravaged tribes during their forced migration to present-day Oklahoma.
Native Americans, also known as American Indians and Indigenous Americans, are the indigenous peoples of the United States. By the time European adventurers arrived in the 15th century A.D., scholars estimate that more than 50 million Native Americans were already living in the Americas — 10 million in the area that would become the United States.
As explorers sought to colonize their land, Native Americans responded in various stages, from cooperation to indignation to revolt.
Native American Heritage Month is celebrated each November to honor the history and culture of American Indians and Alaska Natives.
