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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The Indian Civil War
For the Cherokee, the conflict pitted brother against brother. The Civil War not only split the United States, but it also tore apart various Indian...
Taking a Stand
Cherokee leader Watie signed an unpopular treaty. Stand Watie was a controversial Cherokee leader. He and several members of his family signed a...
Bringing out the Big Guns
The first time the army used howitzers against Indians In 1862, a Union army force was making its way across Arizona Territory. They had entered...
Braves and Badges
Early American Indian Police played a strong role in the settlement of the West. Before recorded history, American Indians practiced some form of...
Yucca Roots for Shampoo
What did Indians use for soap, if anything? Or, was it not part of their culture? Usually the natives used plants to provide soap. For example, many...
Arizona’s Yavapai-Apache War
A tour of the conflict’s historic sites is a poignant reminder of how unmerciful war was meted out against the state’s Native people. ...
A Ghostly Battle
An Apache shaman caused a major battle in Arizona. It was a shaman, leading the Ghost Dance, that led to the Battle of Cibecue Creek in Arizona....
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...
Spark on the Prairie
Hit the road across Oklahoma and Texas to discover the history behind the Warren Wagon Train Raid and the Kiowa Indian Trial of 1871. It...
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...