Only months old, the First Americans Museum in Oklahoma City is dedicated to truth-telling. It was once called Indian Territory, a dumping ground as...
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American Indian History
Edward S. Curtis and the Hollywood Headhunters
The famed photographer's leap into silent films was anything but successful. While Edward S. Curtis’s photographs, and especially his 20...
Have Camera, Will Travel
The Fearless Mirror Makers of the Arizona Territory Arizona and the Southwest were virtually unknown in the middle of the 19th century. A few...
The Last Frontier
Edward Curtis's Final Adventure What we know: He was 59. He had a bad hip after a whale upended his boat while he was making a film. He would travel...
Arrows: Pointed Death
The Indians’ ammunition grew on trees. An arrow, the deadly projectile propelled from a bow, could arguably be called the Indians’ “bullet.”...
The Great Chiefs
Their Courage Shaped a Nation "Resting here until day breaks and shadows fall and darkness disappears is Quanah Parker, the last chief of the...
American Indian Names Geronimo’s birth name was Goyahklaor “One Who Yawns.”
American Indian Names American Indian names similar to our customs of giving nicknames. Nicknames provide insight not only into the individual but...
Native American Burial Customs
American Indian burials were as diverse as the Native Americans culture and languages. Keep in mind these customs could vary within a tribe. Some...
Geronimo Steals the Show
The 1898 Indian Congress didn’t please anyone.