Ciudad Blanca, the Lost White City of Honduras, Possibly Found Under Rainforest
From the air it looks like a sea of green. But bounce some...
Ohio Names Native American Pipe Official State Artifact
It’s been dubbed the Adena pipe and is now the official...
Survival Cannibalism Confirmed at Jamestown Settlement
Suspicions of cannibalism at the Jamestown Settlement have...
The Long Legal and Moral Battle Over Kennewick Man
He had a name, not that we will ever know it. He also had...
Casa Grande Ruins Among Architectural Marvels of Arizona
While the pyramids of Egypt, some dating back to 4,000 B.C...
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Researching the Past

Penn State Offers Free Courses on Genes

ICTMN Staff
January 15, 2013
Pennsylvania State University is offering a series of six lectures open to the general public with the theme “Your Genes: How They Contribute to Who You Are.” The lectures are part...

From Beads to Bounty: How Wampum Became America’s First Currency—And Lost Its Power

Ann C. Tweedy
January 14, 2013
When Prince Philip of the Pokanokets (later known as the Wampanoags) proudly wore his wampum—decorative beads made from whelk and clam shells—he was proudly declaring several thing...

Outbreak Run Recognizes Historical Tragedy, Offers Contemporary Hope

Carol Berry
January 12, 2013
After 133 years, Cheyenne people are teaching youth about their ancestors who left starvation and illness in Indian Territory—today’s Oklahoma—for an ill-fated attempt to return to...

British Columbia's Enduring Central Coast

Jude Isabella, TheTyee.ca
January 11, 2013
"You know it's a great day when you're knee deep in sperm." Ryan Cloutier, a young biologist, is delighted with his predicament...

Indian Assimilation: The Mystery of the Tiny Handcuffs, Solved

Mary Annette Pember
January 10, 2013
Shane Murray vividly recalls the scowl on the face of the young Native woman at Haskell Indian Nation University’s Cultural Center when he placed a pair of tiny handcuffs on her de...

Cayuga Museum Receives Replica Wampum Belt for Returning Haudenosaunee Spiritual Objects

Gale Courey Toensing
January 04, 2013
The Onondaga Nation has presented the Cayuga Museum of History and Art with a replica of a Haudenosaunee Confederacy wampum belt in appreciation for the return of 21 objects of spi...

Tiny Horrors: A Chilling Reminder of How Cruel Assimilation Was—And Is

Mary Annette Pember
January 01, 2013
For such small objects, the child’s handcuffs are surprisingly heavy when cradled in the palms of one’s hand...

New England’s Second Colonial Armed Conflict: King Philip’s War Remembered

Julianne Jennings
December 28, 2012
In 1668 and 1669, Metacom or King Philip, was given the name by the English after the classical Greek conqueror “for his ambitious and haughty spirit;” and the title “King” to exag...

Restoring Crow Presence in Northwest Wyoming

Mary Keller
December 27, 2012
Grant Bulltail is one of those remarkable people who ties us to previous generations and can paint a rich image of tribal traditions...

Minnesota Works on Forgiving But Not Forgetting Its Native History

Konnie LeMay
December 26, 2012
On December 26, a memorial was dedicated in Mankato, Minnesota’s Reconciliation Park near a white limestone buffalo that marks the spot where 38 Dakota men were hanged the day afte...

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