1400s - Africa's 'greatest explorer'
An African emperor who ruled Mali in the 14th century discovered America nearly 200 years before Christopher Columbus, according to a...
1607 - How the English occupied Kecoughtan, Virginia
Kecoughtan in Virginia was originally named Kikotan (also spelled Kiccowtan, Kikowtan etc.), the name of the Algonquian Native Americans...
1607 to 1763 - Virginia's Early Relations with Native Americans
The Indians living in the area where Jamestown was settled must have had mixed feelings about the arrival of the English in 1607. One of...
1760s to 1810s - DuSable, Jean-Baptiste-Point (Peacekeeper)
Jean-Baptiste-Point DuSable, a frontier trader, trapper and farmer is generally regarded as the first resident of what is now Chicago,...
1820s to 1880s - John Horse (Black Seminole Leader)
John Horse, also known as Juan Caballo, John Cowaya, or Gopher John was the dominant personality in Seminole Maroon affairs for half a...
1830s - Indian Removal and The trail of Tears
At the beginning of the 1830s, nearly 125,000 Native Americans lived on millions of acres of land in Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, North...
1850 - Act for the Government and Protection of Indians
Laws against Native Americans In 1850 the California legislature passed an Act for the Government and Protection of Indians that...
1864 - The Horrific Sand Creek Massacre Will Be Forgotten No More
eff Campbell worked for 20 years as a criminal investigator for the state of New Mexico. He specialized in cold cases. These days, he...
1920s - In The 1920s, A Community Conspired To Kill Native Americans For Their Oil Money
Generations ago, the American Indian Osage tribe was compelled to move. Not for the first time, white settlers pushed them off their land...