Wes Studi, fresh from the success of Hostiles, appeared on the 2018 Oscars to present a movie montage highlighting milit…
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What History Has Taught Me: Alden Big Man Jr.
A former cabinet head of Crow Homeland Security for Crow Agency, Montana, Alden Big Man Jr. earned his Ph.D. in the Hist…
What were the Strongest Indian Tribes of the 19th Century?
What were the strongest Indian tribes of the 19th century? Paul W. Hughes Vacaville, California That’s kind of like tryi…
Land of the Apache Review of W. Michael Farmer's Apacheria.
Apacheria: True Stories of Apache Culture 1860-1920 is an insightful introduction to the history of the Apache people. F…
A Daring Sense of Humor Yuma Bill enjoyed a good joke while scouting for the U.S. Army.
Yuma Bill’s broad smile suggests he engaged his cavalry comrades in more than one game of “grinning through a horse coll…
Bizarro’s Take on American Indians Dan Piraro grew up wanting to look Indian and ended up paying homage to them with his humor.
When I was a boy growing up in a very small town in Oklahoma in the early 1960s, I sometimes saw Indian kids around town…
Why Did Hopis Capture Eagles?
Why did Hopis capture eagles? Les Freeman Upper Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand The Hopis sacrificed eagles as part of an …
Black Hills and Gold Dust The Sioux lost their sacred land due to the 1874 discovery.
The Sioux considered the Black Hills to be sacred, the center of the earth and a place to speak to the Great Spirit. The…
The Long and Rich History of In-din Humor One of the best ways to understand a people is to know what makes them laugh. Laughter encompasses the limits of the soul. In humor life is redefined and accepted. Irony and satire provide much keener insights into a group’s collective psyche and values than do years of research. —Vine Deloria Jr., in Custer Died for Your Sins
One of the best ways to understand a people is to know what makes them laugh. Laughter encompasses the limits of the sou…
The Cheyenne Go On Trial The Indians were accused of murder after leaving the reservation.
In September 1878, Chief Dull Knife and his band of Northern Cheyenne left the reservation in the Indian Territory, head…