Four Alaska Territorial Guardsmen being sworn in for an assignment in Barrow, Alaska.

Detail of illustration depicting Native American Squanto (a.k.a. Tisquantum), of the Patuxet tribe, serving as guide and interpreter for the Pilgrims at the Plymouth Colony, circa 1621.

Government official in suit sitting at a desk signing a document, as a group of men in Indian clothing and headdresses stand behind him.

Secretary of Interior Meeting with Native American Tribal Leaders

John Ross, a Cherokee chief portrait ca. 1843

Tony Tekaroniake Evans is an author and award-winning journalist living in Hailey, Idaho.

Tony Tekaroniake Evans

Tony Tekaroniake Evans is an author and award-winning journalist living in Hailey, Idaho.

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America’s Founding Fathers decided that one elected civilian—the U.S. president—would lead the executive branch of the federal government, a governmental structure that has remained in place for more than 200 years.

U.S. Presidents

Thanksgiving, which occurs on the fourth Thursday in November, is based on the colonial Pilgrims' 1621 harvest meal. The holiday continues to be a day for Americans to gather for a day of feasting, football and family.

Thanksgiving

Native American history spans an array of diverse groups and leaders, including Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse and Tecumseh, and events like the Trail of Tears, the French and Indian War and the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

Native American History

World War II was the biggest and deadliest war in history, involving more than 30 countries. Sparked by the 1939 Nazi invasion of Poland, the war dragged on for six bloody years until the Allies defeated the Axis powers of Nazi Germany, Japan and Italy in 1945. Explore the battles, leaders and atrocities from the war and its impact on geopolitics and humankind.

World War II

Though the 19th century saw the rise of populism, the labor movement and Jacksonian democracy, it also ushered in the Gilded Age, when men like Cornelius Vanderbilt and J. P. Morgan wielded vast control over politics and business.

19th Century

The Great Depression was the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world, lasting from 1929 to 1939. Explore topics on the era, from the stock market crash of 1929, to the Dust Bowl, to FDR’s response to the economic calamity—the New Deal.

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The Cherokee Leader Who Tried to Prevent the Trail of Tears

What Was FDR’s ‘Indian New Deal’?

Who Was Squanto, and What Was His Role in the First Thanksgiving?

How Native Americans Protected Alaska During WWII