Many uncontacted tribes still exist. Where are they, and why do they occasionally reach out to the rest of the world?
How Will Native Tribes Fight the Dakota Access Pipeline in Court?Federal Indian LawTreaty RightsDakota Access PipelineThis essay reviews legal arguments forwarded by tribes of the Great Sioux Nation when opposing the Dakota Access Pipeline in early 2017.Mills, MonteSocial Science Electronic Publishing...
How many people died during the Black Hawk War? Black Hawk War: Taking place through the spring and summer of 1832, the Black Hawk War was a conflict between the 'British Band' (Sauks, Meskwakis, and Kickapoos tribes) and the United States government. The dispute arose over land claims...
countries, health is moderated by educational attainment such that between-group disparities are largest at the highest levels of education. However, for Indigenous Mexicans there is a “cross-over” in which Indigenous Mexicans report better health at the lowest level of education. Overall, this st...
• .gov – Short for government, .gov was created and restricted for US governmental agencies and personnel. Today, it’s used by governmental agencies, governmental programs, states, cities, towns, counties, and even native American tribes. ...
Native Americans in California organized a day known asIndigenous Peoples Dayin opposition to plans to celebrate the 500th anniversary of Columbus’s landing in the Americas.Indigenous Peoples’ Dayhas since been adopted as an official observance in many states (either as a replacement of or alongs...
Many full moon names date back to Native Americans, of what is now the northern and eastern United States. Those tribes of a few hundred years ago kept track of the seasons by giving distinctive names to each recurringfull moonas the lunar cycle was an important method of timekeeping. Their...
Several hundred Native American tribes in the United States and First Nations in Canada are represented at the gathering, which has become Albuquerque's second-largest annual festival and brings in more than $20 million for the local economy each year. ...
In many diverse ways, Reconstruction was "won" by the South, due to the Panic of 1873, which took much attention away from continuing to secure Black rights in the South and due to the Compromise of 1877, which removed military aspects of Reconstruction....
Another central Interior role is managing U.S. government relations withAmerican Indian and Alaska native tribes. The department’sBureau of Indian Affairs, created in 1824, works with 574 federally recognized tribes with more than 2 million enrolled members. ...