‘We Now Shot Them Like Dogs’
Long before he fought at the Alamo, Davy Crockett served as a Tennessee Volunteer in the 1813–14 war against Red Stick Creek Indians
Book Review: Rosebud June 17, 1876
Paul Hedren delves into the 1876 Battle of the Rosebud, long overshadowed by that "other" Montana Territory battle
Bret Harte’s Voice for the Wiyots
As a young man in California, future literary great Bret Harte received death threats for his truth-telling about an Indian massacre
Ardent but Unorthodox Mohawk Woman Became America’s First Native Saint
Kateri Tekakwitha shunned marriage and expressed her faith with mortification
Cherokee Bike Riders Travel the Trail of Tears
Tribe members cycled 950 miles to remember their ancestors' ordeal
Battle of Honey Springs Decided Control of Indian Territory
Black and Native American soldiers outnumbered whites in overlooked July 1863 clash in what is now Oklahoma
A Man Named Hazard Conquered Mount Rainier
Steely Civil War vet braved ice, altitude, and treachery to reach an unreachable summit
June 2019 Readers’ Letters
Readers share dispatches about Charlie Curtis, Arizona landmarks, Custer films and con man Soapy Smith
Book Review: Blood Moon
John Sedgwick relates the drama and figures behind the intertribal clash dubbed the “Cherokee Holocaust"
Memory and the Rosebud
Northern Cheyenne and Lakota survivors of the Great Sioux War recalled the fight that preceded the Battle of the Little Bighorn
White Captives, Tribal Comrades
Many Indian kidnap victims found they liked their new lives
Discord: A bitter feud between Generals John Gibbon and Joshua Owen
A bitter feud between Generals John Gibbon and Joshua Owen, opposites in every regard, roiled the Army of the Potomac during the war. One would pay a dear price.
Fighting on Multiple Fronts
Should campaigns against Native Americans and Confederates be viewed as one war or two?
February 2019 Readers’ Letters
Readers share dispatches about border wars, the Apache wars and the enduring pride of serving one's country
