Native american history

The Cherokee were some of the most prominent Native American tribes in Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee and Alabama, controlling about 40,000 square miles of land. There are so many cool facts about the Cherokee, but some of the coolest has to be their matrilineal line, as well as their equality system. This tribe had such an amazing way to organize their “politics,” taking into consideration both men and women’s points of view. Want to learn more about the Cherokee, their…

Yakama women pose in ceremonial clothing, Washington, ca. 1897. - American Indians of the Pacific Northwest -- Image Portion - University of Washington Digital Collections #indiantribes

Typical Facial Features American Native

By the late nineteenth century, all Americans, except for American Indians, knew for a fact that all Indian tribes would be extinct in the t...

Eunice Williams, 7, was captured from Deerfield, Mass., by Mohawks in 1704. Her Puritan family never understood why she refused to return to them.