When Did Early Humans Arrive in North America?
Two recent archeological discoveries have blown scientists' minds.They'll blow yours too! CREDIT: SMITHSONIAN Nearly 100 years ago, in...
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Notes From The Frontier
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Special thanks to Oscar-Winning Dances with Wolves co-composer Peter Buffett for use of his spectacular music from 500 Nations.
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"Kill the Indian, Save the Man"
The solution to the "Indian problem" in the 1800s and 1900s was to destroy their culture. Nearly 500 Indian boarding schools across...
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"Kill the Indian, Save the Man" - The Horrors of Native Boarding Schools
In 2020, two massive graveyards were discovered in Canada--one of 751 graves, another of 215 graves, all of Native children--at defunct...
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Woman Chief
Great Crow Chieftain "Two-Spirit"-Warrior, Leader & Peace Negotiator It is shocking that one of the most remarkable female Native...
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The Truth About Thanksgiving
Today is the 400th anniversary of what is often considered ”the first” Thanksgiving. But, like so much of American history, the truth is...
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Queer Tales of the Old West
Many flocked to the Frontier to seek freedom, especially sexual freedom. There are many fascinating stories of such cases, including...
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Inventions by Women (But Men Often Got the Credit!)
Women have always had to be tough. Pioneer women in the American West proved their mettle and moxy far beyond what we will ever know. The...
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Easter Surprise!
The Unlikely Origins of The Easter Bunny, Easter Chick & Easter Eggs It may surprise many Easter revelers that the traditions associated...
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Quilting on the Oregon Trail
Quilts brought warmth, comfort, memories of loved ones, and hope on the journey West full of fear and hardship. As surely as pens were...
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The Wrong Side of the Tracks
Train wrecks were shockingly common in the last half of the 1800s. Train travel was quite safe in the first half century of the 1800s....
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Kill the Indian, Save the Man
The horrors of forced enculturation of Native tribes into "American" life Our photo of the day captures tragically the philosophy white...
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Death on the Trail
About 10% of westering pioneers died on the Oregon Trail going west. That is 20 graves per mile, mostly unmarked. The Oregon Trail has...
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Native Americans: Back from the Brink
White American historians for centuries have heralded the European explorer, Christopher Columbus, as having “discovered America.” They...
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Child Labor in the 1800s
By the year 1900, about a fifth of all workers in the U.S. were under 16 years of age. In southern cotton mills, 25 percent of the...
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The Original Snake Oil
Cure-alls, quackery, flimflammery, tartuffery & hocus pocus! The wacky world of medicinal cures in the 1800s. Cure-alls promising...
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The Strange Tale of the Red Ghosts of the West
In the early 1880s, strange sightings of mysterious beasts began to circulate in the American West. The creatures were huge. They had...
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The West's Greatest Gunfighter? It May Surprise You...
Walt Disney made a cartoon based on him. But he was the "Real Deal!" Wyatt Earp. Wild Bill Hickok. Doc Holliday. Billy the Kid. The...
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The Tragic Mystery of Geronimo’s Skull
White desecration of Native people and their customs went beyond life and was the ultimate sacrilege. This is a shocking story and,...
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The Heartbreaking Tale of Orphan Trains
There are few tragedies more heartbreaking than being an orphan. But, in the 1800s in the United States, that tragedy brought with it...
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Warrior Women Rising From The Dust of History
From Native Warrior Women to Viking Queens, Mulan to The Amazons, Female Warriors Emerge from the Dust of History and Archeology, Not To...
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