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Tony Tekaroniake Evans

Tony Tekaroniake Evans is an author and award-winning journalist living in Hailey, Idaho.

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President Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln signed laws that gave away millions of acres of tribal land. And he approved the mass execution of 38 Dakota Sioux warriors.

How Mohawk 'Skywalkers' Helped Build New York City's Most Iconic Skyscrapers

Native American riveting gangs worked on the 'high steel' for iconic structures like the Chrysler Building, Empire State Building, Rockefeller Plaza and more.

Geronimo and Chiricahua Apache warriors

Lozen fought against Mexican and American forces for 30 years, earning the nickname 'Apache Joan of Arc.'

Po'payUNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 21: Sen. Pete Domenici (R), R-NM, at the dedication ceremony of the statue of Pueblo leader Po'pay in the Rotunda of Capitol. Po'pay led a revolt against the Spanish in 1680 that helped cement native culture. (Photo By Chris Maddaloni/Roll Call/Getty Images)

The Pueblo Revolt of 1680 drove out the Spanish for 12 years—and saved many Indigenous cultures from being wiped out.

Four Alaska Territorial Guardsmen being sworn in for an assignment in Barrow, Alaska.

After the Japanese invaded the Aleutian Islands, Indigenous volunteers helped form the Alaska Territorial Guard.

Government official in suit sitting at a desk signing a document, as a group of men in Indian clothing and headdresses stand behind him.

An economic relief program aimed specifically at helping Native American communities during the Great Depression, the legislation marked a sharp U-turn in federal policy toward Indigenous peoples.

Detail of illustration depicting Native American Squanto (a.k.a. Tisquantum), of the Patuxet tribe, serving as guide and interpreter for the Pilgrims at the Plymouth Colony, circa 1621.

Without Squanto, a.k.a. Tisquantum, to interpret and guide them to food sources, the Plymouth Colony Pilgrims may have never have survived.

Teddy Roosevelt Championed Conservation Efforts—That Also Displaced Native Americans

He helped establish national parks, forests and game preserves. But much of that land had been stewarded by Indigenous people for generations.

Mid-18th century map of the Iroquois Confederacy, also known as the Five (later Six) Nations

In the story of the Great Law of Peace, Hiawatha and the Peacemaker convince leaders of the Five Nations to literally bury the hatchet.

Chief John Ross devoted much of his life to fighting against the forced removal of his people from their ancestral lands.

A Hell's Angel from San Bernardino on his motorcycle at a gathering, San Francisco, California, mid 1950s.

Motorcycle groups offered brotherhood and adventure for returning GIs, many of whom were still processing the horrors of war.