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The Traverse Des Sioux
Long before Europeans made their first forays
into what is now Minnesota, Traverse Des Sioux was well known among
Indian tribes as a fording place on the Minnesota River. Early French
explorers gave the site its present name. Translated it means "Crossing
Place of the Sioux". The Nicollet County Historical Society has
built the Treaty Site History Center and will interpret this important
period of US history and the ramifications the treaty had for both cultures,
as well as other aspects of the area's history from pre-culture to the
present.
http://emuseum.mankato.msus.edu/history/treatycenter/index.shtml
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A History of the
NW Coast
July 18, 1774 The Juan Perez' visit to Queen Charlotte Islands and later
to Nootka Sound.
http://www.hallman.org/indian/.www.html
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Alcatraz
In November
of 1969, an historic event occurred in the San Francisco Bay which would
leave a profound impact on the lives of Native Americans. Beginning
in the early afternoon of November 9, and continuing later that evening,
a flurry of activities ignited the hopes and dreams of reclaiming Alcatraz
Island in the name of Indian people.
http://ishgooda.nativeweb.org/caged/alcatraz/albckgrd.htm
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Alcatraz
Island
A collection of unique photographs which historically
document the 1969-1971 occupation of Alcatraz Island by Indians of All
Tribes, Inc.
http://www.csulb.edu/gc/libarts/am-indian/alcatraz/
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Alcatraz-We
Hold the Rock
On this
day, Indian people once again came to Alcatraz Island when Richard Oakes,
a Mohawk Indian, and a group of Indian supporters set out in a chartered
boat, the Monte Cristo, to symbolically claim the island for the Indian
people. On November 20, 1969, this symbolic occupation turned into a
full scale occupation which lasted until June 11, 1971.
http://alcatraz.got.net/indian2.htm
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Ancient
Architects of the Mississippi
WONDERS
OF GEOMETRIC PRECISION, the earthworks of the lower Mississippi were
centers of life long before the Europeans arrived in America. As was
the river itself. The alluvial soil of its banks yielded a bounty of
beans, squash, and corn to foster burgeoning communities. Over the Mississippi’s
waters, from near and far, came prized pearls, copper, and mica.
http://www.cr.nps.gov/aad/FEATURE/FEATURE.HTM
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Ancient
Middle America - U. of Minnesota, Duluth
Teotihuacán, City of the Gods Learn all about the magnificent
Native American City.
http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth3618/mateotih.html
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Cahokia
The remains of the most sophisticated prehistoric
native civilization north of Mexico are preserved at Cahokia Mounds
State Historic Site. Within the 2,200-acre tract, located a few miles
west of Collinsville, Illinois, lie the archaeological remnants of the
central section of the ancient settlement that is today known as Cahokia.
http://medicine.wustl.edu/~mckinney/cahokia/cahokia.html
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Common
Symbols and Motifs in Minnesota Rock Art
COMMON SYMBOLS AND MOTIFS IN MINNESOTA ROCK ART by Kevin L. Callahan
Anthropology Department University of Minnesota NOTE: The following
interpretations of symbols and motifs have been made by various authors.
http://www.tcinternet.net/users/cbailey/RA.html
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Fort Laramie National Historic
Site
As America expanded westward, Fort
Laramie played an important role on the high plains. Founded in 1834
as Fort William, a fur-trading post, it was a center for trade in beaver
pelts and buffalo robes, and a place for mountain men, frontier entrepeneurs,
and Plains Indians to mingle.
http://www.nps.gov/fola/
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Geology
of Pipestone National Monument
The story, of this stone and the pipes made from it spans four centuries
of Plains Indian life. Inseparable from the traditions that structured
daily routine and honored the spirit world, pipes figured prominently
in the ways of the village and in dealings between tribes. The story
parallels that of a culture in transition: the evolution of the pipes
influenced— and was influenced by—their makers' association with white
explorers, traders, soldiers, and settlers.
http://www.aqd.nps.gov/grd/parks/pipe/index.htm
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History
of the Florida Indians
At the beginning of the historic period,
in 1492 AD, it is conservatively estimated that there were about 100,000
Indians living in Florida. Some estimate as many as 350,000. Accepting
the first estimate, the distribution is thought of as this: Timucuans
in the northeast, 40,000; Apalachee and Pensacola in the northwest,
25,000; Tocobaga in the west-central, 8,000; Calusa in the southwest,
20,000; Tequesta in the southeast, 5,000; Jeaga, Jobe and Ais in the
east-central, 2,000. There were others, as well as sub-groups, i.e.,
Saturiwa, Santaluces, Boca Ratones, Tocobaga, etc. By the late 1700s,
it is thought that all of these indigenous Indians were gone. Also,
note that there is no mention of the Seminoles, as they did not enter
Florida until the early 1700s.
http://www.keyshistory.org/histindians.html
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History
of the North Dakota Indian Tribes
The five tribes within North Dakota
are now known as: Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, Spirit Lake
Nation (Ft.Totten), Three Affiliated Tribes (Ft. Berthold), Standing
Rock Sioux Tribe, Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe
http://www.unitedtribespowwow.com/powtribe.asp
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Indian
Peoples of the Northern Great Plains
Images of the Indian Peoples of the Northern
Great Plains is a searchable online photograph database created with
grant support from the Institute of Museum and Library Services National
Leadership Grant Program.
http://libmuse.msu.montana.edu:4000/NAD/nad.home
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Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung
Historical Centre
Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung, is the word in the Ojibway
language for "Place of the Long Rapids." More than just a
physical location on the Rainy River in Northwestern Ontario, Kay–Nah–Chi–Wah–Nung
is a place of spirituality, history and beauty. Designated as one of
Canada's National Historical Sites in 1970, it's importance has been
acknowledged for generations by natives and non–natives alike.
http://www.longsault.com/menu.html
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Marin Museum of the American
Indian
The Marin Museum of the American Indian
is dedicated to cultivating an awareness and understanding of Native
American history and culture.
http://www.marinindian.com/
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Mesa
Verde
Established by Congress on September 29,
1906, Mesa Verde - Spanish for "Green Table" - is the first
national park set aside to preserve the work of humankind
http://swcolo.org/Tourism/Archaeology/MesaVerde.html
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Mesa Verde National Park
Mesa Verde National Park has the finest
examples of Ancestral Puebloan structures and cliff dwellings in the
world, dating from about 550AD to about 1300AD.
http://www.nps.gov/meve/
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Northern Cheyenne Sand
Creek Massacre Site Project
The Cheyenne Descendants and the Northern Cheyenne
Tribe consider the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre profoundly significant, it
is one of the greatest tragedies to mark relations between Indian and
Anglo Americans. The Sand Creek massacre remains an open wound for the
Indian people, Colorado History and U.S. History.
http://www.sandcreek.org/
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PBS
- THE WEST - Documents on the Sand Creek Massacre (1864-1865)
I. Two Editorials from the Rocky Mountain News
(1864)
II. Congressional testimony by John S. Smith,
an eyewitness to the massacre (1865)
III. Deposition by John M. Chivington (1865)
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/resources/archives/four/sandcrk.htm
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Pipestone,
Minnesota
The
city and county of Pipestone are named after the soft red stone called
catlinite or pipestone, which was essential to the area's development.
American Indians quarried in the beds of red-colored claystone and shale
in the general vicinity of what is today the Pipestone National Monument,
since 1200 A.D.
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/pipestone/intro.htm
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Pipestone
Indian Shrine Association
Pipestone National Monument occupies the site of the famed pipestone
quarries of Minnesota. Pipestone Indian Shrine Association offices are
located within the visitor center of the monument in the Midwest Indian
Cultural Center. The Pipestone Indian Shrine has it roots back to the
1930's and the first attempts to have the area recognized as a National
Park Service Area.
http://www.nps.gov/pipe/pisa.htm
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Plimoth-on-Web
It is always 1627 in the village of "New Plymouth." Learn
more about how history repeats itself through the Living History, First
Person and Interpretive Artisan programs in Plimoth Plantation's Pilgrim
Village.
http://www.plimoth.org/index.html
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Postcards
from the Edge of a Country - Cards sent to Sherman Institute
Since opening it's doors in 1892, the Sherman
Institute had kept and maintained all student and administrative documents.
After the inception of the museum in 1970, most of these documents were
transferred to the Sherman Museum, where they remain today. Among the
large volume of documents was a small box of postcards, some dating
from the turn of the last century.
http://www.shermanindianmuseum.org/postcards.htm
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Poverty
Point
Poverty Point is a major archaeological mystery.
The mystery centers on the ruins of a large prehistoric Indian settlement,
the Poverty Point site. There on a bluff top overlooking Mississippi
River swamplands in northeastern Louisiana is a group of artificial
mounds and embankments. It is not the earthworks themselves that are
so mysterious. Eastern North America is, after all, the land of the
"Mound Builders." These people once were thought to be a highly
advanced, extinct race, but now are known to be ancestors of Native
Americans, such as the Creek, Choctaw, Shawnee, and Natchez. The real
mystery lies in the size and age of the earthworks. They are among the
largest native constructions known in eastern North America, yet they
are old, older than any other earthworks of this size in the western
hemisphere.
http://www.crt.state.la.us/crt/ocd/arch/poverpoi/mapopo.htm
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Sherman
Institute
The Sherman Institute is located at 9010
Magnolia Avenue between Jackson and Monroe streets, in Riverside, California.
Several buildings stand on the site, including dormitories, administrative
offices, a sports stadium, and a museum. The museum is the only remaining
original structure.
http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/5views/5views1h82.htm
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Tutt
Library, Colorado College - Sand Creek Papers
The Sand Creek Massacre (November 29, 1864)
is one of the most controversial Indian conflicts. This event has been
the subject of army and Congressional investigations and inquiries,
newspaper debates, the object of much oratory and writing biased in
both directions and with bitter conflict between the men who were involved.
The Sand Creek Massacre was undertaken by citizen and military troops
from the Colorado Territory. Evidence is that Chivington undertook the
Indian expedition on his own and it did not reflect official government
policy. The era of the Indian trader in Colorado came to an end with
the Sand Creek Massacre. The dominance of the Cheyennes and Arapahos
to the land east of the mountains was broken. Years of bloody battles
with the plains tribes followed.
http://www2.coloradocollege.edu/LIBRARY/SpecialCollections/Manuscript/SandCreek.html
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UW's American
Indians of the Pacific Northwest:
We can learn from the images and writings
of the time...This site provides an extensive digital collection of
original photographs and documents about the Northwest Coast and Plateau
Indian cultures, complemented by essays written by anthropologists,
historians, and teachers about both particular tribes and cross-cultural
topics.
http://content.lib.washington.edu/aipnw/
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Yosemite
Park History
Indian
people have lived in the Yosemite region for as long as 8,000 years.
By the mid-nineteenth century, when native residents had their first
contact with non-Indian people, they were primarily of Southern Miwok
ancestry. However, trade with the Mono Paiutes from the east side of
the Sierra for pinyon pine nuts, obsidian, and other materials from
the Mono Basin resulted in many unions between the two tribes.
http://www.nps.gov/yose/nature/history.htm
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