The acquisition of the horse in the 1600s brought immediate and sweeping changes to the Plains Indians. For the first ti…
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The Martyrdom of Mangas Coloradas The great Apache leader was murdered in an attempt to end a war.
Mangas Coloradas was a great Apache chief, and he felt betrayed by the U.S. Settlers and miners had been taking over Ap…
The Final Nail in the Apache Kid’s Coffin Evidence points to demise of renegade wanted on both sides of the border.
Everyone in the posse took notice of a pair of binoculars taken from the Apache’s body. The Apache Kid always carried th…
Navajo and Apache Massacre Cave at Canyon Diablo After the massacre, the Apaches never raided the Navajo people again.
When a group of Apaches raided a Navajo encampment near the Little Colorado River in 1878 and killed all but three peopl…
Did the Apache Call Their Great Leader Geronimo or His Original Name, Goyahkla?
Did the Apache call their great leader Geronimo or his original name, Goyahkla? Al Maurine Tucson, Arizona Geronimo, a p…
The Horse Returns to North America The greatest of these "Horse Indians" were the Comanche, who were as you know neighbors to the east of the Pueblo.
The end of the Pleistocene epoch, a geological period spanning roughly 2.5 million to 12,000 years ago brought about cli…
Manipulated into His Own Death Solving the mystery behind an Apache hunter’s death overturns assumptions about Apache battlefield behavior.
On May 5, 1871, Sgt. John Mott and three others followed Apache footprints, tracking what they thought were the incautio…
Everything We Know About Sitting Bull’s Crucifix is Wrong Does a historical society or a biographer’s family have the authentic Sitting Bull crucifix?
One picture of the famous Hunkpapa Lakota Chief Sitting Bull wearing a crucifix is as iconic as it is enigmatic. History…
“…Kill or Hang All Warriors…” The Battle of the Washita heightened the conflict between the U.S. and American Indians.
If one winner came out of the Battle of the Washita, his name was Custer. In 1868, Southern Cheyennes and other tribes w…
What did American Indians Smoke in their Peace Pipes?
What did American Indians smoke in their peace pipes? Mark Evans Clearfield, Pennsylvania The Eastern tribes smoked toba…