Friday, September 27, 2013

Battle of the Thames Bicentennial:Tenskwatawa, Tecumseh and Harrison Struggle over the Old Northwest

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O ctober 5th, 2013 marks the bicentennial of the Battle of the Thames. In a series of posts on this blog you may have already read how t...
Thursday, September 12, 2013

Is Short Hair More "Civilized"? (The U.S. Government Thought So)

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W hat does it mean to be "civilized"? It is a question we no longer ask today because we've become sensitive to what happens w...
Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Video: "Christianity and the Native American Religious Experience," a lecture by Linford Fisher

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In only fourteen minutes, Linford Fisher gives a broad overview of a topic that goes far beyond Algonkian Church History.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013

The Wisconsinology Blog: Ancient Wisconsin and Much More

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Frank Anderson is the creator of the Wisconsinology blog. It is a not-for-profit site and doesn't promote anything except the views o...
Thursday, July 18, 2013

Jeanette "Granny" Gardner: A Living Bridge

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T he 1930's was a pivital time for the Stockbridge Mohicans.  In the political sphere, the Indian New Deal gave them a chance to rega...
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Thursday, July 11, 2013

American Indian Gothic

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Have you seen American Indian Gothic before? It is part of the Smithsonian art collection and when you find it online it comes with ...
Tuesday, April 16, 2013

The Atlas of Great Lakes Indian History

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It can be a lot easier to learn history if maps are avaliable.  That is a central premise of a book that can be very helpful to anybody t...
Friday, April 12, 2013

Carlisle Fools Harvard: The Hidden Ball Trick

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P ictured above is Jim Thorpe, known as the greatest athlete of all time.  He played football for the Carlisle Indians before going on to ...
Monday, April 1, 2013

Louis Leroy - One of the "Real All Americans"

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A dmittedly the reputation of Lance Armstrong has suffered; not only from his cheating, but also from the fact that he lied about it.  Ne...
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

A Different Perspective on St. Joseph's Industrial School from Elaine Doxtator Raddatz

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It is now taught in K-12 scoial studies classes that Native American boarding schools were " tools of enforced assimilation ."  An...
Wednesday, January 30, 2013

The Many Trails Symbol and a pdf about the "Folk Art" of Wisconsin Indians

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Richard March of the Wisconsin Arts Board (now retired) developed an apprenticeship progran in the mid-1980's that facitated the process...
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Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Appenoose Declines Mission Opportunity

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It may come as a surprise to many, but the Stockbridge Mohicans were such devout Christians that they initiated a mission trip to thei...