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)
Category: Native American History & Genealogy
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)
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)
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)
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)
Last Rebel Army Surrenders: General Stand Watie and the Cherokees
By Tony Pettinato on June 23, 2020
The last Confederate army to surrender in the Civil War was not one of Southern whites: it was the Cherokee army of Brigadier General/Chief Stand Watie... (Read More)
Native American Genealogy: Using the Dawes Rolls
By Gena Philibert-Ortega on November 25, 2019
In this article for National Native American Heritage Month, Gena Philibert-Ortega explains how to use the Dawes Rolls for Native American genealogy... (Read More)
On This Day: Medicine Lodge Treaty Forced Southern Plains Indians to Oklahoma
By Tony Pettinato on October 21, 2019
An article about the Medicine Lodge treaty, signed on 21 October 1867, that forced the Southern Plains Indians onto small reservations in Oklahoma... (Read More)
Battle of the Rosebud: Cheyenne & Lakota Stopped General Crook
By Tony Pettinato on June 17, 2019
An article about the Battle of the Rosebud, where a large force of Arapaho, Cheyenne and Lakota Indians stopped Gen. Crook in Montana on 17 June 1876... (Read More)
