Marshall Trimble is Arizona’s official historian and vice president of the Wild West History Association. His latest book is Arizona Oddities: Land...
Frontier Privies and Cowboy Cooks
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American Indian
Bouncing Back After a Year of Online Displays, Curators Eagerly Await Visitors
Bouncing Back After a Year of Online Displays, Curators Eagerly Await Visitors. After more than a year of COVID-19 restrictions, Western art museums...
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...
Amerind Warrior Death Songs
American Indian life was steeped in ritual. These rituals varied from tribe to tribe and played an important role in their daily life. The Hopi of...
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...
The Mystique of the Americas’ First People
Cowan’s annual American Indian Art Auction sells out.
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.
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Did early American Indians believe in God?
The People of the Horse
The Utes call themselves the people of the horse. As the first unconquered tribe to obtain horses and livestock, they became respected...