The storied life of the Great Plains Indian nations is filled with contradictions. In the imagination of today it is easy to imagine the unsullied and pristine life of the nomadic Plains tribe, following the buffalo and secure in the vastness of their isolated terrain. Our minds eye is shaped as much by Hollywood asContinue reading “The Great Plains Indians”
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Canada and Iriquoia
While the Spanish claimed all North America their practical power did not extend far north of what is today the border between Florida and Georgia. In Europe the power of Spain forced the English and the French to diplomatically deny for some time that they were in fact seeking to found colonies in the Americas. Continue reading “Canada and Iriquoia”
America: Chapter One – Indians
Native Americans (even pre-Columbian ones) are often enlisted in our contemporary debates through commercials and quotes. Such as when Iron Eyes Cody an Italian American actor famous for portraying Indians stood with an artificial tear rolling down his cheek as he looked at discarded fast food wrappers, or the stirring environmental speech supposedly given byContinue reading “America: Chapter One – Indians”
America: Colonial History – Introduction
History has a reputation of being “BORING!” Back in the Dream Times before the dawn of the Internet, YouTube, and Facebook Early American History was almost exclusively the History of English-speaking man. The geographic area was restricted to the Atlantic coast of North America, and that was about it. Sure, everyone assumed there were womenContinue reading “America: Colonial History – Introduction”
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