From Woodland and Mississippian mound builders to the Natchez Revolt and Katrina, how Indigenous Louisiana shaped New Orleans and still endures today.
Author: Justo
New York City
Discover the Lenape homeland beneath New York City: the 1626 wampum purchase of Manhattan, Dutch New Amsterdam, and the enduring Native legacy.
8 Things You May Not Know About West Virginia
Discover West Virginia’s Indigenous roots: the Kanawha name, Shawnee and Delaware homelands, Point Pleasant, and the earthworks that predate statehood.
Minnesota – Immigration, Minneapolis & Mall of America
Explore Minnesota’s Dakota and Anishinaabe heritage: land cessions, the 1862 U.S.-Dakota War, forced removal, and the founding of AIM in Minneapolis.
Washington
How Coast Salish, Narragansett, and Texas Indigenous nations shaped Washington, Rhode Island, and the American founding—treaties, wampum, and legacy.
Colorado – State, Map & Cities
Explore Colorado’s Indigenous history: Ancestral Puebloans of Mesa Verde, the Ute Nation, the Sand Creek Massacre, and the Cheyenne and Arapaho legacy.
Los Angeles: A History
How Tongva and Chumash peoples shaped Los Angeles long before 1781, and how missions, water, oil and Hollywood layered over an Indigenous homeland.
New York City
Beneath New York’s skyline lies Manahatta, Lenape homeland. Explore wampum diplomacy, the 1626 ‘sale,’ and the Indigenous roots of NYC’s landmarks.
Virginia – Capital, Facts & Statehood
Explore Virginia’s Native American history: the 18,000-year Indigenous presence, the Powhatan chiefdom, Werowocomoco, Jamestown, and today’s 11 federally recognized tribes.
Inside Newport’s Gilded Age Mansions
Discover the Narragansett foundations beneath Newport’s Gilded Age mansions—wampum diplomacy, Roger Williams’ 1636 Providence, and Rhode Island’s Native history.
North Carolina – Colonel History & the Wright Brothers
Explore North Carolina’s Native American history: the Tuscarora War, Cherokee Trail of Tears, and the eight federally recognized tribes living in NC today.
What US Towns Have the Highest Elevation?
Discover America’s highest towns — Alma, Leadville, Brian Head, Santa Fe — and the Ute, Paiute, Cherokee, and Pueblo homelands beneath them. Explore the real Indigenous history.