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

Ancient Irrigation in Sonoran Desert Shows Humans’ Longstanding ‘Love-Hate’ Relationship With Environment

Lee Allen
June 19, 2012
Current debates about climate change notwithstanding, humans have tried to harness their environment since time immemorial, from the invention of fire to irrigation...

Tribal Governments: What Price ‘Democracy’?

Duane Champagne
June 19, 2012
A puzzling aspect of the term tribe is its lack of a clear definition. Even the Department of the Interior, the last word on federal recognition, doesn’t have one...

War of 1812 Exhibit in Ottawa Offers Four Perspectives

ICTMN Staff
June 18, 2012
A new exhibit at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa, Ontario takes a new approach at looking at the War of 1812, delving into the four perspectives of each group involved—Canadians ...

The War of 1812 Could Have Been the War of Indian Independence

ICTMN Staff
June 18, 2012
Today marks the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812, a war all but forgotten in American history books. But what did that war mean for this country’s Indigenous Peoples?...

Trouble in Paradise: Book Explores How Hawaii’s Monarchy Fell to the Sugar Barons

Richard Walker
June 17, 2012
Julia Flynn Siler’s Lost Kingdom: Hawaii’s Last Queen, the Sugar Kings, and America’s First Imperial Adventure (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2012) is a meticulously researched narrative...

War of 1812 Bicentennial Highlights Unsung Aboriginal Heroes in Canada's Creation

ICTMN Staff
June 16, 2012
Though not much remembered south of the 49th Parallel, the War of 1812, seminal in the creation of Canada, was marked by alliances between aboriginals and the British...

Ohio's Magnificent Earthworks, an Ancient Astronomical Wonder

Stephanie Woodard
June 16, 2012
Deep inside the unassuming borders of what is today Ohio sits a complex of earthworks aligned so precisely with the rise and set of the moon that modern surveying equipment could n...

George Washington’s Gift to Native Leader Featured on History Channel

ICTMN Staff
June 14, 2012
Chief Alexander McGillivray A watch said to have been custom made as a gift from George Washington to Alexander McGillivray, an 18 th century Creek leader, was featured in the June...

Piece of Indian Pottery Found in Illinois Creates a Mystery

ICTMN Staff
June 13, 2012
When Scott Hewitt, who guides canoe and kayak trips on the Sangamon River, discovered the piece of American Indian pottery he thought it was just a piece of rock, reported The Stat...

Seattle Art Museum’s Aboriginal Collection is Extensive, But How’d it Get That Way?

ICTMN Staff
June 13, 2012
Vancouver Sun blogger Douglas Todd recently called Seattle Art Museum’s (SAM) permanent collection of aboriginal artwork “beautiful, well-presented, entrancing and a touch mystical...

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