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Algonquian Native Americans
Indians of Nantucket
The Indian tribes of New England
belonged to the great Algonquian
Confederacy the most widely extended
of all the North American Indians
their territory stretching along the
Atlantic coast from Labrador to
Pamlico sound, and westward, from
Newfoundland to the Rocky Mountains.
Arapaho Native Americans
Indians
of the Pike's Peak Region
By Irving Howbert
Including an Account of the
Battle of Sand Creek, and of Occurrences in El Paso County,
Colorado, during the War with the Cheyenne and Arapaho, in 1864
and 1868
For the most part this book is intentionally local in
its character. As its title implies, it relates principally to
the Indian tribes that have occupied the region around Pike's
Peak during historic times.
The Early
History and the Names of the Arapaho
By Hugh Lenox Scott, 1907
The Cheyenne and the Arapaho are the westernmost
representatives of the Algonquian linguistic family, which
occupied a large part of northern North America from the
Atlantic ocean to the Rocky mountains.
Caddo Native Americans
Notes On The
Caddo By Elsie Clews Parsons
The following data were recorded in New York City in the
winter of 1921-22 with the cooperation of White Moon, a recent Caddo
graduate of Carlisle who in New York shrewdly called himself Chief
Silver Moon. In Oklahoma he was generally known as Mike Martin. In
December, 1927, at Anadarko, Oklahoma, while collecting folk tales
from the Kiowa, I had opportunities to check up on some of White
Moon's data and to add to them, as I worked with two middle-aged men,
James Ingkanish, a Caddo; and Grayson Pardon or Ninnid, whose mother
was a Delaware, his father, Caddo, and his father's father's father, a
Frenchman.
Traditions of the Caddo, By George A. Dorsey
The Caddo tales here presented were collected during
the years 1903-1905, under the auspices of the Carnegie Institution
of Washington, and form part of a systematic investigation of the
religious system and ceremonial organization of the tribes of the Caddoan stock.
The Caddo, numbering 530 in 1903, are of Caddoan stock, and
since 1859 have lived in western Oklahoma between the Washita and
Canadian rivers, where they have been closely associated with the
Wichita. They retain practically nothing of their ancient culture.
Their early home was in Louisiana, on the lower Red River. Later
they migrated toward the Texas border, and still later to Brazos
River in Texas. They met the whites as early as 1540, and throughout
their history have maintained a friendly attitude toward the whites.
Like the Wichita, their early habitations were conical grass lodges,
and they were agriculturists, hunting the buffalo only within
comparatively recent times.
Cahuilla Native
Americans
Cahuilla Indian Tribe
This account of the Cahuilla, one of
the largest surviving tribes in
southern California.
Cherokee Native
Americans
History of the Cherokee Indians, By Emmet Starr
This mammoth undertaking is presented here as his
Biographies and
Genealogies. Most people know Starr's
work is far from perfect and does contain many errors, but it
certainly is a starting point to gather information.
He does provide relationships between families that you can use
to search for additional or correct information on your ancestors.
I would never discount his work or others until I have proven
what they say in incorrect.
These Databases are searchable by surname.
Proposals Made
by certain Cherokee Indians, for the Cession of their Lands to the
United States
Message From the President of the United States,
Transmitting A Report of the Secretary of War, Respecting Proposals
made by Certain Cherokee Indians for the Cession of their Lands to the
United States April 16, 1824.
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The
Cherokees of the Smoky Mountains
An in depth look into the history and origin of the Cherokees of
the Smoky Mountains. From the Papers of Horace Kephart.
Search this database by date.
An Overland Journey to the West
Journal kept by B. B. Cannon, Conductor of a party of Emigrating
Cherokee Indians, put in his charge at the Cherokee Agency East, by
Gen. N. Smith, Superintendent of Cherokee Removals, on the 13th day of
October, 1837.
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Red Bird Smith and the Keetoowah Society
Redbird Smith, who was the moving spirit of the Nighthawk branch of
the Keetoowah organization of Full-blood Cherokees, was born July 19th, 1850, somewhere
near the city of Ft. Smith, Ark. His father
and mother, together with other Cherokees
being reroute to Indian Territory from
Georgia.
Cheyenne Native Americans
Indians of the Pike's Peak Region
By Irving
Howbert
Including an Account of the Battle of Sand
Creek, and of Occurrences in El Paso County,
Colorado, during the War with the Cheyenne
and Arapaho, in 1864 and 1868
For the most part this book is intentionally
local in its character. As its title
implies, it relates principally to the
Indian tribes that have occupied the region
around Pike's Peak during historic times.
Chickasaw Native
Americans
History of the Choctaw, Chickasaw
and Natchez Indians,
by
Horatio Bardwell Cushman
To bring one's
material to a strictly historical
and classified order is almost an
impossibility when dealing with a
subject so diversified as that of
the Red Race of the North American
Continent.
Chippewa Native
Americans
History of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan by Andrew J.
Blackbird
I deem it not improper to present the history of the last
race of Indians now existing in the State of Michigan, called
the Ottawa and Chippewa Nations of Indians.
There were many other tribes of Indians in this region
prior to the occupancy of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of
this State, who have long ago gone out of existence. Not a page
of their history is on record; but only an allusion to them in
our traditions. Complete book.
Choctaw Native Americans
History of the Choctaw, Chickasaw
and Natchez Indians,
by
Horatio Bardwell Cushman
To bring one's
material to a strictly historical
and classified order is almost an
impossibility when dealing with a
subject so diversified as that of
the Red Race of the North American
Continent.
Life
Among The Choctaw Indians And Sketches of the South-West,
by
Henry C. Benson
The Indian tribes
of the south-west are the largest and most hopeful on the continent;
and yet not a single volume has been written, setting forth their
history, their state of advancement in religion and the arts of
civilized life, or of their future prospects. Whatever may be the
judgment pronounced upon this unpretending volume, the writer has the
consolation of knowing that his purpose has been to write the truth,
and to record such facts as, with God’s blessing, might edify and
instruct the reader.
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Choctaw
of Bayou Lacomb, St. Tammay Parrish, Louisiana
by David Bushnell
If you long to know of "The Old Ways", this book is for you.
It could be called a "How-To" book for Choctaws of the 1700-1800
period. The Choctaw of Bayou Lacomb takes you from the history
of the Tribe deep in the Long Leaf Pines of St. Tammany Parish,
Louisiana to their every day life.
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Creek Native Americans
Index to Campbell's Abstract of Creek Indian
Census Cards
Index to Campbell's Abstract of Creek
Freedman Census Cards
The publication of the Tribal Rolls, in
1907, gave the roll number, name of the
allottee, age, sex and blood, and operated
to a large extent to inform the public, but
this information was not sufficient, in
fact, it aided only those who, by reason of
their familiarity with the workings and
records of the Indian Offices, knew how to
secure additional information. I emphasize
the words "those who knew how" for this
reason: only those who had a working
familiarity with the procedure and the
records of the Dawes Commission, later the
office of the Commissioner to the Five
Civilized Tribes, and now the office of the
Superintendent of the Five Civilized Tribes,
knew what to ask for to advise themselves.
Notes on the Creek 1939
Mr. J. N. B. Hewitt reported that he was "at
work on some material relating to the
general culture of the Muskhogean peoples,
especially that relating to the Creeks and
the Choctaw."
Digger Native Americans
Digger Indians
by O. P. Fitzgerald
Ethnologically he has given rise to much conflicting speculation, with
which I will not trouble the gentle reader. He has been in California a
long time, and he does not know that he was ever anywhere else.
Foxe Native Americans
Autobiography of Black Hawk or
Ma-Ka-Tai-Me-She-Kia-Kiak,
1882
Embracing The Traditions Of His Nation,
Various Wars In Which He Has Been Engaged,
And His Account Of The Cause And General
History Of The Black Hawk War Of 1832, His
Surrender, and Travels Through the United
States.
Black Hawk Indian War
1882
On the 12th of April, 1832, soon after
our arrival at Rock Island on a visit to
relatives, (the family of Col. Geo.
Davenport) a steamboat came down from Galena
with officers to Fort Armstrong, for the
purpose of laying in supplies and medical
stores for a brigade then being formed at
that place. One regiment, composed
principally of miners, who had abandoned
their mines and came in to offer their
services as soldiers in the field, were
unanimous in the election of Henry Dodge as
Colonel. They had long known him as a
worthy, brave and accomplished gentleman,
the soul of honor, and hence would be an
intrepid soldier.
Iroquois Native
Americans
Iroquois History of the Aborigines
We have no authentic history of a people inhabiting this
country anterior to those who occupied it on the advent of the Europeans,
and who are classed under the generic term Indians. Even their history
prior to their intimate association with civilized people is shrouded in
obscurity and is transmitted to us in the form of vague and fragmentary
legends.
Legends,
Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois, or Six
Nations and History of the Tuscarora Indians
The Antiquarian, the Historian, and the
Scholar, have been a long time studying
Indian character, and have given plenty of
information concerning the Indian, but it is
all in ponderous volumes for State and
College libraries, and quite inaccessible to
the multitude those who only take up such
book as may be held in the hand, sitting by
the fire, still remain very ignorant of the
Children of Nature who inhabited the forests
before the Saxon set his foot upon our
shores.
Jumano Native Americans
Jumano
Indian Tribe
The name of the tribe
is not given by them: they are
called merely the "Cow Nation
Klamath Native
Americans
Wokas, A
Primitive Food of the Klamath Indians
The Klamath Indians now live upon a reservation in the State
of Oregon, which lies within a somewhat larger area occupied by them
long before their discovery by the white race. The reservation is in
the southwestern corner of the plateau of eastern Oregon, at the
eastern foot of the Cascade Mountains and near the southern border of
the State.
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Menomonee Native Americans
Story of
Oshkosh
Interesting Historical Sketch of the Menomonee Chieftain,
After Whom the City of Oshkosh Was Named--Incidents of the Times in
Which He Lived and Something of the Indians Who Have Played important
Parts in the Early History of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Was a Noble Badman and
Never Raised His Hand Against the Whites-Appointed Chief By Governor
Lewis Cass-His Taking Off and What Caused it.
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Miami Native Americans
The KE NA PO MO CO, Eel River, The home of
Little Turtle
The Ke-na-po-co-mo-co: Many people never
heard of this word before. Few can pronounce
it after they hear it. Fewer still can spell
it. Even this form of the word is not quite
so difficult as the original, which was
Kenapekwamakwah. But to simplify it in
spelling and pronunciation the above form,
Ke-na-po-co-mo-co, is used with accents on
the first, third and fifth syllables
Nez Percé
Native Americans
Northwestern
Fights and Fighters
Part 1, The Epic of the Nez Percé
In 1855, Governor Isaac I. Stevens of
Washington Territory negotiated an equitable, even a liberal treaty by
which the Nez Pierces were confirmed in their undoubted title by
immemorial occupancy to the vast region in Idaho, Oregon, and
Washington, including the valleys of the Snake, the Salmon, the
Clearwater, and the Grande Ronde Rivers.
Part 2, Modoc War
The most costly war in which the United States ever
engaged, considering the number of opponents, occurred in the winter
of 1872-73 in the lava-beds of Oregon. Fifty Modoc Indians, under the
leadership of one Kientpoos - commonly known as Captain Jack, held
that pedregal against overwhelming numbers of regular soldiers upon
whom they inflicted defeat after defeat with little loss to
themselves. They were not captured until treachery had played its
maleficent part. To understand this tremendous drama a knowledge of
the first act is essential.
Omaha Native Americans
Historical Sketch of the Omaha Tribe of
Indians in Nebraska
The Omaha tribe of Indians live in the
State of Nebraska about 80 miles north of
the city of Omaha, on a reservation 12 miles
in length north and south, and bounded on
the east by the Missouri River and on the
west by the Sioux City and Omaha Railroad.
Hunting Customs of the Omaha Indian
In the life of the American Indian so
much has ever depended upon the skill of the
hunter that in the hazards of the chase he
has sought supernatural aid to supplement
his own inadequate powers
Title Map - Omaha Indian Reservation
A listing by tracts of land on the Omaha
Reservation, Thurston County, Nebraska,
1905-1906
Ottawa Native Americans
History of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan
by
Andrew J. Blackbird
I deem it not improper to present the history of the last
race of Indians now existing in the State of Michigan, called
the Ottawa and Chippewa Nations of Indians.
There were many other tribes of Indians in this region
prior to the occupancy of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of
this State, who have long ago gone out of existence. Not a page
of their history is on record; but only an allusion to them in
our traditions. Complete book, FREE to read
Pottawatamie Native Americans
Sketch of
Shau-be-na, a Pottawattamie Chief By N. Matso Sr.
The following incidents in the early history of Shau-be-na
are principally taken from his own statements, and the truth of
them, no person acquainted with the old chief will doubt. My
first acquaintance with Shau-be-na occurred nearly forty years
ago, while his whole band, one hundred and forty-two in number,
were hunting on Bureau River, Illinois.
Sketch of the Pottawatomie, Last of the Illinois
From the changes which had recently taken place among the
original inhabitants of this country, when they were first
discovered, as told by their old men, and also from the changes
which occurred after their discovery, but before the
exterminating influence of civilization bore upon them, we may
safely assume that national and even tribal formations had been
quite recent, yet recent as they no doubt were, we know almost
nothing of them.
Powhatan Native Americans
Pocahontas,
Alias Matoaka and her descendants
Through her marriage at Jamestown, Virginia, in April, 1614
With John Rolfe, Gentleman: Including the names of: Alfriend, Archer,
Bentley, Bernard, Bland, Ballard, Branch, Cabell, Catlett, Cary,
Dandridge, Dixon, Douglas, Duval, Eldridge, Ellett, Ferguson, Field,
Fleming, Gay, Gordon, Griffin, Grayson, Harrison, Hubard, Lewis,
Logan, Markham, Meade, McRae, Murphy, Page, Paythress, Randolph,
Robertson, Skipwith, Standard, Tazewell, Walke, West, Wattle, and
others .
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Seminole Native Americans
The Seminole Indians of Florida
By Clay MacCauley
During the winter of 1880-’81 I visited
Florida, commissioned by you to inquire into
the condition and to ascertain the number of
the Indians commonly known as the Seminole
then in that State. I spent part of the
months of January, February, and March in an
endeavor to accomplish this purpose. I have
the honor to embody the result of my work in
the following report.
Seneca Native Americans
Abeel and
Allied Families
The Genealogy of the Williamson and Abeel families, compiled by
James A. Williamson, proves conclusively that the famous "Cornplanter"
of the Seneca Tribe of the Six Nations was a direct descendant of
Christopher Janse Abeel, the founder of this old Holland family in
America.
Traditions of the Seneca 1876
The Seneca and Huron, or Wyandot, originated along the St.
Lawrence, where they lived peaceably for a great many years, but
were embroiled in war by a Seneca lady, who refused a Wyandot for
husband, on the ground that he had taken no scalps in his time. To
gain her affections he laid in ambush, killed her brother, and threw
his scalp in her lap. Instead of winning her, the two tribes were
compelled to take up the hatchet against each other.
An Account of Sa-Go-Ye-Wat-Ha or Red
Jacket and his People,
1750-1830
Red Jacket in his day was the subject, at different times of much
angry feeling, and jealousy. The author has not taken pains to
embalm it, in these memorials of the great orator of the Seneca.
Much that was the subject of criticism during his life, admits of a
more charitable construction, and the grave should become the
receptacle of all human resentments.
Sioux Native Americans
Dahcotah; Or Life and Legends of the Sioux Around Fort Snelling,
by Mrs. Mary Eastman
The materials for the following pages were
gathered during a residence of seven years in the immediate
neighborhood nay in the very midst of the once powerful but now
nearly extinct tribe of
Sioux or
Dahcotah Indians.
Fort Snelling is situated seven miles below the Falls of
St. Anthony, at the confluence of the Mississippi and St.
Peter's rivers built in 1819, and named after the gallant
Colonel Snelling, of the army, by whom the work was erected. It
is constructed of stone; is one of the strongest Indian forts in
the United States; and being placed on a commanding bluff, has
somewhat the appearance of an old German castle, or one of the
strongholds on the Rhine.
Story of the Sioux Indians
Bureau of Ethnology, 1893-1894
The Indians of the Siouan stock occupied
the central portion of the continent. They
were preeminently plains Indians, ranging
from Lake Michigan to the Rocky mountains,
and from the Arkansas to the Saskatchewan,
while an outlying body stretched to the
shores of the Atlantic.
Six-Nations Native Americans
A Treatise of the Six Nation Indians
by J. B. Mackenzie
As knowledge of the traditions, manners, and national
traits of the Indians, composing, originally, the six distinct
and independent tribes of the Mohawks, Tuscarora, Onondagas,
Seneca, Oneidas, and Cayuga; tribes now merged in, and known as,
the Six Nations, possibly, does not extend beyond the immediate
district in which they have effected a lodgment, I have laid
upon myself the task of tracing their history from the date of
their settlement in the County of Brant, entering, at the same
time, upon such accessory treatment as would seem to be
naturally suggested or embraced by the plan I have set before
me.
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Legends,
Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois, or Six
Nations and History of the Tuscarora Indians
The Antiquarian, the Historian, and the
Scholar, have been a long time studying
Indian character, and have given plenty of
information concerning the Indian, but it is
all in ponderous volumes for State and
College libraries, and quite inaccessible to
the multitude those who only take up such
book as may be held in the hand, sitting by
the fire, still remain very ignorant of the
Children of Nature who inhabited the forests
before the Saxon set his foot upon our
shores.
Stillaguamish
Native Americans
Indian
Stories and Legends of the
Stillaguamish and Allied Tribes
by
Nels Bruseth
These little stories about animals,
people and places have been told to me by
people whose friendship I value highly.
Several of them are now gone to the happy
hunting grounds. It is about twenty years
ago since the first ones were written down
as notes in a scrapbook. Since then. the
collection has been increasing steadily.
Have told some of them to friends; they have
encouraged me to publish, if possible, a few
of the more interesting ones.
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Winnebago Native Americans
Winnebago History and Culture
By Paul Radin,
The Winnebago belong to the far-flung
Siouan-speaking peoples whose members at one
time inhabited an area which extended from
South Carolina and the lower Mississippi
River northward and westward to the states
of Wisconsin, North and South Dakota and
Montana, and the provinces of Saskatchewan
and Alberta in western Canada. Apart from
certain secondary changes the culture of
these tribes was basically alike. The centre
of this Siouan civilization at one time lay,
presumably, somewhere along the Mississippi
River, extending from St. Louis southwards
and eastwards.
Indian History of
Winneshiek County, Iowa
Diligent search has been made for
information, and considerable pains have
been taken to give the people of Winneshiek
county, a reliable account of the Indians
who once inhabited this section of the
country. The writer has discovered that a
number of erroneous statements in regard to
these Indians have unfortunately found their
way into print. In such instances every
effort has been made to procure accurate
information.
Wyandot Native
Americans
Wyandot Government, A Short Study of Tribal
Society
Bureau of Ethnology,
1879-1980
In the social organization of the Wyandot
four groups are recognized, the family, the
gens, the phratry, and the tribe.
Multi-Tribal
Archives of Aboriginal Knowledge,
Vol I.
Information
respecting the History, condition
and Prospects of the Indian Tribes
of the United States, Collected and
prepared under the Bureau of Indian
Affairs. Henry R. Schoolcraft
Publications of the Bureau of American Ethnology
The publications of the Bureau of American
Ethnology consists of Contributions to North
American Ethnology, Annual Reports,
Bulletins, Introductions, Miscellaneous
Publications, and the Publications of the
Institute of Social Anthropology.
Indian Treaties, Acts and Agreements
Indian Treaties 1778-1883 were one of the
ways the United States Government used to
remove the Indian population from their
Native Soil. Many of the treaties were
broken almost as soon as they were written
and not always by the Indians. The removal
of the Indians was necessary for the US
Governments expansion to the West.
The History of the Indian Tribes of North
America, with Biographical Sketches and
Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs,
Volume I
Volume II
By Thomas L.
McKenney and James Hall, 1872
Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes
of the Principal Chiefs, Embellished with
one Hundred Portraits, from the Indian
Gallery in the Department of War, at
Washington
Thirty-Third Annual Report of the Board of
Indian Commissioners, 1902
We no longer need to report upon
Indian 'outbreaks" or "wars." It is
altogether improbable that an attempt at war
upon the whites will ever again be made by
any Indian tribe. Serious rioting is not to
be anticipated, for the Indians have learned
to expect just and humane treatment from the
Government, and they know the uselessness of
violence and the wisdom of peaceful protest
when they think themselves unfairly treated.
Descriptive Catalogue, Photographs Of North
American Indians
The following Descriptive Catalogue is
intended to systematize the collection of
Photographic Portraits of Indians now in the
possession of the United States Geological
Survey of the Territories, and to place on
record all the information, we have been
able to obtain of the various individuals
and scenes represented. It is of course far
from complete; but it is a beginning, and
every new fact that comes to light will be
added to what has already been secured.
The
Indian Races of North and South America
By Charles
De Wolf Brownell, 1865
An Account of the Principal Aboriginal Races; A Description of
their National Customs, Mythology, and Religious Ceremonies; The
History of their most Powerful Tribes, and of their Most Celebrated
Chiefs and Warriors; Their Intercourse and Wars with the European
Settlers; and A Great Variety of Anecdote and Description,
Illustrative of Personal and National Character. Including The Late
Sioux War and Indian Massacres in Minnesota.
Native Tribes about the East Texas Missions By Herbert E.
Bolton, April 1908
The history of the Spanish regime in the Southwest is very
largely the history of an Indian policy in its military, political,
and religious phases, and to understand it aright it is manifestly
necessary to know something of the people over whom the Spaniards
extended their authority and upon whom they tried to impose their
faith and their civilization.
A Brief
History of the Indians of Nebraska Johnson's History
of Nebraska, 1880
On the 12th of April, 1832, soon after our arrival at Rock Island
on a visit to relatives, (the family of Col. Geo. Davenport) a
steamboat came down from Galena with officers to Fort Armstrong, for
the purpose of laying in supplies and medical stores for a brigade
then being formed at that place. One regiment, composed principally
of miners, who had abandoned their mines and came in to offer their
services as soldiers in the field, were unanimous in the election of
Henry Dodge as Colonel. They had long known him as a worthy, brave
and accomplished gentleman, the soul of honor, and hence would be an
intrepid soldier.
Handbook of
American Indians
(1906)
by Frederick W. Hodge
A listing of over 800 Indian Tribes in the United States and
Canada. From this same book we have provided a listing for
Indian Chiefs,
Indian History,
Indian Villages and
Reservations
Indian
Villages, Towns and Settlements A-I
Indian Facts and
Fallacies
The Indian Tribes of North America (1953) ~ by
John R. Swanton
During the early exploration and settlement of North
America a multitude of Indian tribes were encountered, having
diverse customs and languages. Lack of knowledge of the aborigines
and of their languages led to many curious errors on the part of the
early explorers and settlers: names were applied to the Indians that
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Southern Contacts of the Indians North of the Gulf of Mexico
by
J.
R. Swanton
The relations existing in prehistoric times between the
Indians formerly inhabiting the territory of the present United Sates
and those south of them have been a subject of discussion from the
earliest period of .ethnologic speculation in America. Dissemination
of culture and of blood takes place, of course, where any tribe is in
contact with any other tribe, but something more than this has
frequently been alleged of the relations between the two areas under
consideration.
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Native Cemeteries and Forms of Burial East of the Mississippi
by
David I. Bushnell
When that part of America
which extends westward from the Atlantic to the Mississippi was
discovered by Europeans it was occupied by numerous tribes,
speaking distinct languages, with many dialects. And as the
habitations and other structures erected by the widely scattered
tribes differed in form, size, and the material of which they
were constructed, and presented many interesting
characteristics, so did the cemeteries and forms of burial vary
in distant parts of the country.
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Tribal Migrations East of the Mississippi
by David I.
Bushnell
The map entitled "Linguistic Families of American
Indians North of Mexico", by J. W. Powell, issued by the Bureau
of American Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution, some years ago
and several times revised and reprinted, indicates the position
of the various groups of tribes when they first became known to
Europeans. The map, as its title implies, includes the entire
North American continent north of Mexico, but in the present
paper, only that portion bordering on the lower Mississippi, and
eastward to the Atlantic coast, will be considered.
Introduction to the Study of Mortuary Customs Among the North American Indians,
by
Dr. H. C. Yarrow
The
mortuary customs of savage or barbaric people have a deep significance
from the fact that in them are revealed much of the philosophy of the
people by whom they are practiced. Early beliefs concerning the nature
of human existence in life and after death and the relations of the
living to the dead are recorded in these customs. The mystery
concerning the future love for the departed who were loved while here,
reverence for the wise and good who may after death be wiser and
better, hatred and fear of those who were enemies here and may have
added powers of enmity in the hereafter, all these and like
considerations have led in every tribe to a body of customs of
exceeding interest as revealing the opinions, the philosophy of the
people themselves. Complete book
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Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains,
By Charles A. Eastman (Ohiyesa)
Every age, every race, has its leaders and heroes. There were
over sixty distinct tribes of Indians on this continent, each of
which boasted its notable men. The names and deeds of some of
these men will live in American history, yet in the true sense
they are unknown, because misunderstood.
Indians of the Chicago Region, By
William Duncan Strong
In August 1926 a new exhibit illustrating
the life and culture of the Potawatomi
Indians was placed in James Nelson and Anna
Louise Raymond Hall ( Cases 37-39) . At the
time of the first white settlement this
Indian tribe inhabited the Chicago region.
It therefore seemed desirable to gather and
preserve in the Museum as many relics as
possible of the former aborigines of our
territory and to have a worthy
representation of them in the exhibits as an
illustration of an interesting chapter in
our local history.
Short Articles
Indians and their Stories, Blackfeet
The most
shameful chapter of American history is that
in which is recorded the account of our
dealings with the Indians. The story of our
government's intercourse with this race is
an unbroken narrative of injustice, fraud,
and robbery. Our people have disregarded
honesty and truth whenever they have come in
contact with the Indian, and he has had no
rights because he has never had the power to
enforce any.
Indian Names of the Month
On one of the first leaves of an
account-book of William Pynchon of
Springfield, is the following account of the
Indian months or Moons, in the handwriting
of his son, John Pynchon, written about
1650.
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