When a group of Apaches raided a Navajo encampment near the Little Colorado River in 1878 and killed all but three peopl…
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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…
Brother Vs. Brother Two Modoc leaders went in opposite directions.
Old Schonchin was head chief of the Modoc, and he was responsible for moving the tribe to a reservation in southern Oreg…
An Act of Dignity and Strength Even in defeat, American Horse stood tall.
American Horse fought at the Little Bighorn, but he didn’t live long after. On September 9, 1876, troops led by General…
Peaches or Tso-ay After his capture he became a valuable scout for the Army and the whites promptly dubbed him “Peaches.”
Prior to his stint as an Army scout Peaches rode with Chatto, Bonito and Chihuahua on a raid in March 1883, that killed …