Explore 14,000 years of Oregon Native American history: the Paisley Caves, Chinook and Klamath nations, 1855 removals, tribal termination, and modern restoration.
Category: United States
The Creation of America’s Highway System
Discover how Native American trails shaped America’s highways, and how the Texas Revolution, Rhode Island’s founding, and Newport’s legacy rest on Indigenous history.
Kansas
Explore Kansas history from Kanza (Kaw) homelands, Coronado’s 1541 Quivira encounter, and the 1825 treaty to Bleeding Kansas, cow towns, and the Dust Bowl.
Flashback: Vintage Volcanic Eruptions
Explore Hawaiian volcanic origins, Pele in Kānaka Maoli tradition, the 1959 statehood fight, slavery and the Texas Revolution, and Roger Williams’ Providence in 1636.
Maine
Explore 10,000 years of Wabanaki history in Maine—the People of the Dawn, the Great Dying of 1616-1619, first European contact, and modern tribal heritage.
When Alaska Joined the Union
Discover how Alaska joined the Union—from the 1867 Alaska Purchase to 1959 statehood—through the lens of Alaska Native nations, sovereignty, and enduring heritage.
Idaho
Explore the Native history of Idaho: Shoshone (Newe) homelands, Sacagawea, the 1863 Bear River Massacre, and the resilience of Idaho’s Indigenous nations today.
Brooklyn Bridge
The Brooklyn Bridge stands on Lenapehoking — the homeland of the Lenape people. Discover the Indigenous history beneath NYC’s most famous landmark.
Philadelphia: A History of the City of Brotherly Love
Explore Philadelphia’s Lenape roots: the Penn-Tamanend treaty at Shackamaxon, Delaware Valley Indigenous history, and the Native legacy beneath the City of Brotherly Love.
How New England Leaf Peeping Became a Thing
Discover how New England leaf peeping rose from 1800s forest regrowth, when Wabanaki homelands rebloomed into the fall foliage tourism destination we know today.
Providence Revolutionary War Trail
Explore the Providence Revolutionary War Trail through Native history: the Narragansett homeland, Roger Williams’s 1636 founding, wampum diplomacy, and Rhode Island’s path to revolution.
Why the Purchase of Alaska Was Far From ‘Folly’
The 1867 Alaska Purchase, mocked as ‘Seward’s Folly,’ transferred Native homelands without consent from the Tlingit, Iñupiat, Yup’ik & Unangan peoples.