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...
The Last Frontier
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Entering the Badlands
In 1905, Edward S. Curtis completed his fieldwork with the Sioux tribe in the Badlands of South Dakota. This photograph, Entering the Bad Lands,...
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...
Little Bighorn Indian Memorial
A Vision Realized on the 145th Anniversary of the Battle The Indian Memorial at Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument in Montana was created...
A Man of Peace Warrior, statesman, advocate—Kicking Bird was all of these.
Kicking Bird was one of the greatest leaders of the Kiowa nation in the 1860s and 1870s. He was an outstanding warrior and a master tactician. But...
The Truth About Geronimo
Get ready for an in depth look at the most famous Indian in the world and how he got there. Bob Boze Bell’s controversial book on “The Illustrated...
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...
Cherokee Bill
Bold, Brazen Bank-Robbing Bandit of the Indian Territory
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...
The Dawn of He Who Yawns
The G-Man has been on my mind for a very long time.
The Horse Returns to North America
The end of the Pleistocene epoch, a geological period spanning roughly 2.5 million to 12,000 years ago brought about climate change to animals in...
Manipulated into His Own Death
On May 5, 1871, Sgt. John Mott and three others followed Apache footprints, tracking what they thought were the incautious wanderings of an...