Native American History
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:18 pm
Soldiers gave the Hunkpapa leader his nickname because he was a dashing warrior who effectively teamed up with Sitting Bull in the 1870s. But after his surrender in 1881, Gall stood up for cooperation and peace at Standing Rock.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:18 pm
With most of her family and neighbors at the northern Iowa settlement wiped out, Abbie Gardner clung to life at the mercy of Dakota Chief Inkpaduta and his unremorseful band.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:18 pm
In 1885, Canadian troops had to deal with a bloody uprising that had barely been averted in 1870. Its leader was once more Louis Riel, but the man to worry about was Gabriel Dumont.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:17 pm
Outnumbered and harried through trackless swamps, Black Hawk's starving band of Sauk and Fox Indians made a desperate stand along the Mississippi.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:16 pm
Named after a Polish saint, Estanislao became an Indian official with a mission--flee Mission San Jose and lead one of the largest Indian forces ever to fight against whites in California.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:16 pm
Nearly 10 years after Geronimo called it quits following a massive manhunt, the U.S. Army began a smaller campaign against renegade Apaches.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:16 pm
Queho, a clubfooted Indian outcast, became the elusive killer hermit of El Dorado canyon.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:16 pm
Kiowa chief Satanta was one of the most complicated men ever to rise from the Great Plains--a diplomat and orator of his people who did his share of killing.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:16 pm
When San Diego County officials slapped a property tax on the dirt-poor Indians of the area, the natives complied in 1850, but then trouble came a year later when Major General Joshua Bean instructed them not to pay.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:16 pm
From their earth-and-rock fortification at the base of a small, solitary mountain, the Yokuts of central California were determined to defend their land.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:16 pm
After young warriors killed some settlers in Idaho Territory, General O.O. Howard ordered Captain David Perry at Fort Lapwai to go get them, telling him, 'You must not get whipped.'
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:16 pm
Lieutenant Casper Collins and 20 others faced at least 1,000 Indians in the 1865 Running Battle, and on its heels came another lopsided encounter on the North Platte -- Custard's Last Stand.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:16 pm
Did Chief Seattle really say, 'the earth does not belong to man; man belongs to the earth'?
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:15 pm
When Apache warriors swooped down on the defenseless Oatman family in sunbleached Arizona in 1851, the harrowing nightmare was just beginning for Olive Oatman and her little sister Mary Ann.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:15 pm
Outnumbered and harried through trackless swamps, Black Hawk's starving band of Sauk Indians made a desperate stand along the Mississippi.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:14 pm
War and a terrible winter were fresh memories when Colonel Henry Maynadier allowed tearful Spotted Tail to bury his daughter at Fort Laramie, which, in turn, helped convince the Brulé Sioux leader to bury the hatchet forever.
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