The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone by Thomas Moran.

Native Americans dance during the grand entry of the 30th annual Morongo Thunder & Lightning Pow Wow at the Morongo Band of Mission Indians reservation in Cabazon on Saturday, September 25, 2021.

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

Workers strike oil in Osage territory. (Credit: David Grann)

October 1813: Death of Shawnee Chief Tecumseh, at the Battle of Thames in the War of 1812.

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Sequoyah, shown here in 1825, developed a Cherokee syllabary in 12 years.

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

William K. Hale Held for Murder

President Richard Nixon sitting at a big table signing a document while two Native American people stand to the side, looking on.

Pres.Nixon Signs A Bill For The Indians

John Ross, a Cherokee chief portrait ca. 1843

Five Native American chiefs, dressed in western clothes, sitting in a semi-circle holding belts made of wampum beads

305 Chiefs of the Six Nations at Brantford, Canada, explaining their wampum belts to Horatio Hale September 14, 1871

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.

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Learn about Native American tribes and leaders like Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse and Tecumseh, and events like the Trail of Tears, the French and Indian War, the Battle of the Little Bighorn and the American Indian Movement (AIM).

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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.

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

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Donald L. Fixico (Muscogee, Seminole, Shawnee and Sac &amp; Fox) is a Regents' and Distinguished Foundation Professor of History at Arizona State University.  He is the author and editor of 18 books on American Indians and the West.

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The 1970s was an era when the women's rights, gay rights and environmental movements gained momentum. The Vietnam War came to a close, the Watergate scandal led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon, the United States ended direct involvement in the Vietnam War and President Jimmy Carter grappled with an energy crisis, inflation and the Iran Hostage Crisis.

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Vincent Schilling, Akwesasne Mohawk, is an author, public speaker and journalist who has contributed to such publications as NBC.com, the Smithsonian's American Indian Magazine, and the CBC. He is the editor of NativeViewpoint.com, follow him on Twitter at <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://twitter.com/VinceSchilling__;!!CyZMqN24eIU!B0NbbLisxXslq02u0Pz3uUNPZYc-72pHeQOMYuSuBYEaEsRWuWhPwu24eJEtqWkVpu8Ka5MQBBL_q9fS0dQMEa3By9DPYLUj$">@VinceSchilling.</a>

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During the 1920s (often referred to as the "Roaring Twenties"), a surging economy in the U.S. created an era of mass consumerism, as Jazz-Age flappers flouted Prohibition laws and the Harlem Renaissance redefined arts and culture.

1920s

Crime has been a dark and powerful undercurrent in human society throughout history. Uncover the facts behind some of the most daring robberies, brazen scams and brutal murders ever committed.

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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.

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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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