Rick Williams doesn’t just want your land acknowledgement. You’ve probably heard them at meetings or graduations. The idea is to take a few short minutes to acknowledge the land where you’re sitting ...

White settlers in the United States in the early nineteenth century coveted the land held by Native Americans. The U.S. government initially sought to limit the resulting conflict by treating Native ...

That the Indians were more than the white settlers was not in doubt for in 1898 alone, 13,000 coolies were employed by the Imperial British East Africa Company to construct the railway. Emboldened by ...

He had counted on the Indians not to inflame settlers during their removal—and now the worst was happening. “I hope the Indians will be forced to fight and receive a complete chastisement for their ...

Goliad Oil and Gas Company, the Dallas, Texas-based company that owned a majority share of Vail Associates, sent an investment adviser to Vail to perform an appraisal of Vail Associates, the Vail ...

People researching their ancestry are often in for a surprise. I am reminded of a television ad for Ancestory.com where the woman had her DNA tested and found she is 26 percent Native American or the ...

BURWELL, Neb. | Following the Civil War, homesteaders streamed into the new state of Nebraska eager to farm the fertile land in the North Loop River Valley. But the promise of free government land and ...

"Facts gathered from survivors of frontier days." Includes index. NMAI copy 39088019918028 from the library of H. Paul and Jane R. Friesema. Describes Indian fights and the activities of many famous ...