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Category: Native American History & Genealogy

Photo: Mashpee Wampanoag ceremony in Middleborough, Massachusetts, 1930. Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection.

Mayflower Descendants & the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on February 13, 2024

Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series on the genealogy of the Wampanoag Tribe, the Indians who were in first contact with the Mayflower Pilgrims... (Read More)

Photos: Oakes Agnus Coombs Jr. and his wife Amanda Pocknett, daughter of Nathan Pocknett and Eleanor Hicks. She was the widow of Thomas William Gardner. These photos were featured in the 125th Anniversary of Mashpee Celebration 1995. Credit: Town of Mashpee, Massachusetts, Archives.

Mayflower Descendants & the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on February 9, 2024

Melissa Davenport Berry begins a new series on the genealogy of the Wampanoag Tribe, the Indians who were in first contact with the Mayflower Pilgrims... (Read More)

Illustration: political cartoon of the Osage Indian murders depicting Mollie Burkhart and William King Hale. Credit: Daily Jeffersonian (Cambridge, Ohio), 18 January 1926, page 1.

‘Killers of the Flower Moon’: Terror in the Osage Nation

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on November 27, 2023

Gena Philibert-Ortega searches old newspapers to learn more about the true story in Martin Scorsese’s recent movie "Killers of the Flower Moon.".. (Read More)

Illustration: DNA double helix horizontal. Credit: Jerome Walker; Wikipedia.

Best DNA Test for Native Americans: Everything You Need to Know

By GenealogyBank on September 13, 2023

The best DNA test for Native American ancestry is the one that meets your needs. Learn how Native American DNA tests work and what to look for here!.. (Read More)

Illustration: flag of the Navajo Nation. Credit: Himasaram; Wikimedia Commons.

What Is the Largest Native American Reservation?

By GenealogyBank on March 30, 2023

We highlight which states have the most Native Americans and where the largest Native American reservation is located. Learn more here!.. (Read More)

Photo: Corporal Henry Bake Jr. (left) and Private First Class George H. Kirk, Navajo Indians serving with a Marine Signal Unit, operate a portable radio set in a clearing they've just hacked in the dense jungle close behind the front lines during WWII. Credit: National Archives.

The Unbreakable Code: Navajo Code Talkers in WWII

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on November 30, 2021

To celebrate the last day of Native American Heritage Month, Gena Philibert-Ortega writes about the Navajo Code Talkers and their key role in WWII... (Read More)

Illustration: Sequoyah with a writing tablet depicting his writing system for the Cherokee language. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Learning about Native American Newspapers: The ‘Cherokee Advocate’

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on October 22, 2021

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega writes about an important newspaper in Native American – and U.S. – history: the “Cherokee Advocate.”.. (Read More)

Photo: Jim Thorpe, c. 1910. Credit: National Archives and Records Administration; Wikimedia Commons.

A Wrong Redressed: Jim Thorpe’s Olympic Medals Returned

By Tony Pettinato on January 18, 2021

An article about the Int. Olympic Committee returning Jim Thorpe’s 1912 Olympic gold medals to his family 70 years after unjustly taking them from him... (Read More)

Photo: civilian burial party, loading Lakota victims of the Wounded Knee Massacre onto a cart for burial. Credit: Charles C. Pierce; Wikimedia Commons.

On This Day, a Lakota Tragedy: Wounded Knee Massacre

By Tony Pettinato on December 29, 2020

An article about the Wounded Knee Massacre in S.D. on 29 December 1890 when Spotted Elk and his band of Miniconjou and Hunkpapa Lakota were slaughtered... (Read More)

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