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Pre-contact distribution of Native Americans. Fascinating stuff.
A lesson in which students develop critical literacy skills by responding to Andrew Jackson’s speech on “Indian Removal.”
Part 1: 1830 — Noonish on April 22, 1889 Oklahoma County forms a rectangle 30 miles wide by 24 miles high, almost exactly 720 square miles, ...
One of the most obscure chapters in American history is the trade of enslaved Native Americans and Indigenous peoples, which lasted over 300 years.
The world watched as art was produced to single handedly exclude the copper colored Aboriginal people to be stripped of their land, culture, tribal name and identity. Some how the only stories that…
Malcolm X once stated “Aborigine. Which means what? Black Folks.” Then he later went on to say “You and I are Aborigine.” Malcolm X stated that the rock landed on us after h…
Local call number: BD019 Personal Author: Page, Leon A. Title: [Robert Billy and his family] Date: Between 1933 and 1960. Physical descrip: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 7 in. Series Title: (Bedell Collection.) Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida, 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA. Contact: 850-245-6700. [email protected] Persistent URL: www.floridamemory.com/items/show/63688
Comcomly was a leading figure among the Chinook Indian bands who lived along the lower Columbia River during the period of contact between Native American tribes and Euro-American fur traders. Comcom
Native American, member of any of the aboriginal peoples of the Western Hemisphere, although the term often connotes only those groups whose original territories were in present-day Canada and the United States. Learn more about the history and culture of Native Americans in this article.
Frances Benjamin Johnston was one of the earliest women photographers. She did a lot of photographs of schoolchildren, some of which are posted in this set. There's a large collection of her work online (in raw form) at the Library of Congress. 2nd Division grade school pupils examining a mailbox 6 girls in art class, drawing at easels, Eastern High School, Washington, DC, 1899 Academie Julian, Paris, group of art students, 1885 African American children and teacher in classroom studying corn and cotton, Annie Davis School, near Tuskegee, Alabama, 1902 African American schoolgirls with teacher, learning to cook on a wood stove in classroom, 1899 American Indian and African American students at Hampton Institute, men and women in chemistry lab, 1899 American Indian and African American students at Hampton Institute, women studying human respiratory system, 1899 Art Class Class of the Sixth Division at the Library of Congress, 1899
Alex Ross, 1851-1894, came to Calgary, Alberta in 1884 and set up a photographic studio at the corner of Atlantic Avenue and Osler Street. He had previously worked for a photographer in Winnipeg, but felt the time was right to strike out on his own and establish his own business. He quickly became well-known for
Massasoit, Wampanoag Indian chief who throughout his life maintained peaceful relations with English settlers in the area of the Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts. Massasoit was the grand sachem (intertribal chief) of all the Wampanoag Indians, who inhabited parts of present Massachusetts and Rhode
While you may be familiar with the Bob Marley song, did you know that “Buffalo Soldiers” goes all the way back to 1866 & refers to the all-black regiments of the U.S. Army? The name…
The Hopi Native Americans are a cultural group often referred to as “the oldest of people” by other Native American tribes. In his Book of the
She is known as a prominent black politician - but has also embraced her Indian heritage.