Notes From The Frontier

Female Cheyenne and Arapaho warriors fought at the Battle of the Little Bighorn-Custer's Last Stand-with distinction.

Seven score and 16 years ago today, on November 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln gave his immortal speech.

War shirts are not only beautifully crafted garments. They are spectacular works of art and symbolized the very essence of a warrior.

The 612 acres that today comprise Arlington National Cemetery was once the plantation and Greek Revival mansion of General Robert E Lee.

We all know the immortal names of Pocahontas and Sacagawea, native women who played important roles in the formation of our early nation.

One Native man reached the very highest echelons of white power and, in 1865, penned the final surrender terms of the Civil War.

Chief Joseph’s saga is an “unparalleled story in the annals of the Indian's resistance to the greed of the whites.

The nature of battle casualties and the job of collecting the wounded and the dead was overwhelming.

Native American contributions to the U.S military have long been heralded.

The Cheyenne called Custer "Attacker at Dawn" because of the Washita Massacre of 1868.

According to military statistics, Native Americans have served in the military more per capita than any other ethnic group.

Buffalo soldiers served west of the Mississippi, mainly to protect settlers moving West and fight in Native American conflicts.

On this day 142 years ago, Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce tribe faced the end of his tribe's civilization as a free people.