As white explorers and settlers entered Western territory, they disrupted a centuries-old culture — that of the Plains Indians. The arrival of the railroad and, with it, more permanent and ...

Plains Indians had limited contact with the white man before the mid-1800s. The Canadian west had already been mapped but there were only a handful of explorers, missionaries and fur traders on ...

Deeper forces were at play, and a larger context of wars between Plains Indians and the encroaching U.S. government charged the events of December 29. Created in the aftermath of the Civil War ...

The buffalo supplied the Plains Indians -- Blood, Sarcee, Peigan and Blackfoot among others - with almost everything they needed. Hides were dressed and made into clothing and stretched onto poles ...

Ken Bridges Texas History Minute Quanah Parker became a respected leader of the Comanche Nation at the end of the Plains ...

Accrued wealth ushered in social stratification, and for the first time on the Plains there were rich Indians and poor Indians. Along with that novelty had come another: the acquisition of ...

These events fit the pattern of the late 19th century, a time of nearly constant conflict between the American government and Plains Indians. At his second presidential inauguration in 1873 ...

HPAIRI is a valuable and important resource for American Indian tribes and scholars. It is accessible for use in both Indigenous-driven research and for research initiated by University of Wyoming ...

NEW TOWN, N.D. (KFYR) - There’s a big change on Main Street in New Town. Great Plains Indian Trading moved into the Super Value Building. Great Plains Indian Trading is 100 percent Native ...