Tribal wars: Genetic testing divides Native AmericansWill the advent of DNA testing to prove membership of tribes lead to the downfall of the Native American culture?doi:10.1016/S0262-4079(11)61412-7LindaGeddesThe New Scientist
Tribal sovereignty has become a cornerstone of American jurisprudence, and at least on the surface, in national legislative policies. Although many Native American tribes have casinos, they are a source of conflict. Most tribes, especially small ones such as the Winnemem Wintu of Redding, Californi...
By the 20th century, 200 years of forced treaties and wars had driven Indigenous tribes off their land. After the US-Dakota War of 1862, Minnesota expelled the Dakota, the prominent Indigenous people of the region, from their land. Many were relocated to reservations, while policies like the ...
The alliances among the Five Tribes were initiated not only for defense but also to regulate the blood feuds that were common in the region. By replacing retributory raids among themselves with a blood money payment system, each of the constituent nations was better able to engage in offensive...
Broadly comparative works include Western Indians: Comparative Environments, Languages, and Cultures of 172 Western American Indian Tribes (1980), on Northwest Coast, Californian, North American Plateau, Great Basin, and Southwest peoples; Christopher Vecsey and Robert W. Venables (eds.), American Indi...
Sitting Bull (c. 1831-1890) was a Teton Dakota chief who united the Sioux tribes of the American Great Plains against white settlers who invaded Sioux land when gold was discovered in the Black Hills in the mid-1870s. Sitting Bull’s refusal to follow an 1875 order to bring his people ...
Native Americans navigated a complex challenge of cultural adaptation and strategic alliances. Some Native American tribes sided with either the British or American colonists, while others chose to remain neutral or actively resisted external influences. The introduction of Christianity among Native communiti...
British agents intentionally gave Tribes blankets that were intentionally contaminated with smallpox. Over 100 thousand died among the Mingo, Delaware, Shawnee and other Ohio River nations. The U.S. army followed suit and used the same method on the Plains tribal populations with similar success....
Native American linkage is based on a sample comparison to a proven member of the group, which identifies specific tribal linkage. New for 2016: We can also determine if you belong to the 56 Native tribes from Mexico. The DNA results can be used in enrollment, disenrollment, claiming social...
From first contact to Indian removal, the interaction was somewhat of a roller coaster ride, leading from times of peace to mini wars and rebellions staged by the Native American tribes. The first part of this essay will briefly discuss the pre-Columbian Indian civilizations in North America ...