A new exhibit at the Mitchell Museum of the Indian in Evanston, Illinois focuses on the War of 1812 in the Chicago region with an emphasis on Native American cultures, prominent Na...
Ann Durkin Keating, author of a new nonfiction book about the Battle of Fort Dearborn and Chicago’s early history, will speak at an hour-long public seminar on the War of 1812 at 6...
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?...
What was meant to be a “Day of Remembrance and Reconciliation” to commemorate the August 15, 1812 Battle of Fort Dearborn on Tuesday, June 5 turned out to be anything but when a ci...
A totem pole built a decade ago by elementary students at the Eastside Alternative Elementary School, which used to be located in Eugene, Oregon but is now closed, was installed at...
The Evansville Courier & Press is reporting that the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency and the Massac County Sheriff's Department are investigating the recent looting and A...