In the spring of 1852, U.S. Army Lt. John W. Gunnison, then working on a survey of the Great Lakes, wrote a letter to his Mormon friend, Albert Carrington in Salt Lake City. Among other things, ...
NMAI copy 39088015036767 purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. Cultures Collide begins its story with a mistake; but the mistake was made by Christopher Columbus. When Columbus ...
It’s Columbus Day. (Well, actually Monday is the day off for most people, but October 12 is actually the day Chris first laid eyes on land in the western hemisphere, an island he dubbed San Salvador.) ...
Before the Mayflower: The Vikings and the French. The Wineland of Leif the Lucky. First Blood: The Death of the Carpenter of St. Malo. The Fight at Fortune: Champlain at Stage Harbor -- The Coming of ...
"The North American Indian took his place beside every other American in offering his life in the great cause," wrote General John Pershing ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Communities across Michigan are gathering to celebrate the state's Indigenous roots this month as November marks Native American ...