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American Indian Heritage Month: Commemoration vs. Exploitation

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Christopher Columbus lands in the Caribbean

After the first transatlantic crossing, Christopher Columbus lands in the Caribbean. In contracting with Christopher Columbus, the Spanish crown authorized Columbus with royal authority to discover and conquer non-Christian lands.

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RELATED ENTRIES

Introduction

Chronological Essays

Governments

People and Groups

Southwest Nations

California Nations

Northwest Coast Nations

Great Basin Nations

Plateau Nations

Great Plains Nations

Northeast Woodlands Nations

Subarctic Nations

Arctic Nations

"The Destruction of Tea at Boston Harbor"

Alaska, Russian Orthodox Church

Algonquin man, 1645

American Indian Movement (AIM) poster: "Remember Wounded Knee"

Anthony, Susan B. and Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Apache warriors with rifles

Arapaho camp: buffalo meat

Athapascan Hupa female shaman

Athapaskan mother and children

Baldwin, Summer

Baskets made by Mission Indians

Beadwork, Native American

Beaver Wars: "Warrior Iroquois"

Black Seminole: Abraham

Blackfeet hunting

Blackfeet picture writing

Cahokia mound, Illinois

California: Sutter's Creek

Carson, Christopher (Kit)

Cherokee newspaper, Cherokee Phoenix

Cherry Valley: massacre

Cheyenne scouts

Cheyenne sun dance pledgers

Cheyenne sweat lodge

Choctaw Indians: lacrosse game

Christopher Columbus lands in the Caribbean

Clark, George Rogers: Cahokia

Collier, John: with Blackfoot Indian chiefs

Comanche camp and tipi

Cooper, James Fenimore

Crazy Horse Memorial

Dakota with calumet

Eastman, Charles

Fallen Timbers, Battle of

Female costumes, Hopi

Fishing, Native Americans

Franklin, Benjamin

French and Indian Wars: siege of Detroit

Ghost Dance religion: Cheyennes and Arapahoes

Goschochking massacre of 1782

Harrison, William Henry

Horseshoe bend, Tallapoosa River

Hupa fishing for salmon

Indian Citizenship Act

Indian Peace Commission

Indian woman with dead bison

Inuit spearing salmon

Jackson, Andrew

Jackson, Helen Hunt

Johnson, William

Leupp, Francis E.

Little Bighorn, Battle of the

Lone Wolf (Guipago)

Minnesota Sioux Uprising: siege of New Ulm

Mono basketmaker

Morgan, Thomas, with Sioux delegation, 1891

Myth of savage natives

Nampeyo, with pottery

Natchez hunting deer, ca. 1758

Native American dancers at potlatch

Native American education: Carlisle Indian School

Native American man with peace pipe

Native American students in math class, ca. 1903

Native Americans play game of chance

Navajo hogan and cornfield

Nez Percé dancers

Ojibwa in canoe

Oregon Trail: South Pass

Osage: meeting with Calvin Coolidge

Ouray (Ute tribal leader)

Paiute Ghost Dance

Peace Policy of Ulysses S. Grant

Penn, William: with Native Americans

Pequot War: scenes

Pickering, Timothy

Pocahontas saves John Smith

Ponca scouts skin bison

Pottery in Acoma dwelling

Red Cloud with William Blackmore

Red Cloud's War: treaty signing

Riddle, Toby: with husband, Frank

Russell, Charles M.: When Blackfeet and Sioux Meet

Russell, Charles M.: A Doubtful Handshake

Satank (Sitting Bear)

Seneca craftsman

Sioux camp at Pine Ridge, South Dakota

Standing Bear ( Mochunozhi)

Thanksgiving, first

Tlingit native woman

Wampum, string and belt

Washita Massacre

Washoe woman with baskets

Weaving, Navajo

Williams, Roger: with the Narragansetts

Winnemucca, Sarah

Worcester, Samuel A.

Yakima woman with papoose

Younger, Joseph (Chief Joseph)

Yurok man in canoe

Zuni men in costume

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