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Life in the Colonies: Indigenous Communities

The arrival of Europeans and creation of the 13 colonies led to immense challenges and profound changes for Indigenous...

Native American Boarding Schools: Forced Separation of Families

America Explained

For over a hundred years, the U.S. government used education as a tool to assimilate Native American children into American society – by systematically erasing their history, culture, and...

Sarah Winnemucca

Women and the American Story

The first Indigenous woman to publish a memoir, Paiute educator and activist Sarah Winnemucca campaigned tirelessly for the rights of Indigenous...

Little Bighorn: Custer’s Last Stand

America Explained

The Battle of Little Bighorn, or Custer’s Last Stand, was a famous victory for the Native Americans in defense of their land. What are we to make of alleged lone survivor Frank Finkel’s...

Women and the American Story

At a time when Apache men and women followed specific gender roles, Lozen defied convention – to become one of the finest warriors in the tribe’s...

Life in the Colonies: Indigenous Communities

Native American Boarding Schools: Forced Separation of Families

Sarah Winnemucca

Little Bighorn: Custer’s Last Stand

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