When picturing the weapons of early America, most people think of guns, rifles, and revolvers wielded by settlers, lawmen, and outlaws. However, long before firearms dominated the frontier, Native ...

American students are often first taught about Native Americans through the frame of European settlers, that native people were simply here when they arrived. But UNC-Chapel Hill history professor ...

Running buffalo off cliffs was one of the most brutal yet effective hunting techniques used by Native American tribes. This strategy, born out of necessity and survival, was integral to their way of ...

Spanish and Andean perceptions of the other in the conquest of the Andes / Franklin Pease G.Y. -- Allegory and ethnography in Cabeza de Vaca's Naufragios and Comentarios / José Rabasa -- The art of ...

Basic tools and materials: How to make rawhide -- Knife and ax sheaths -- Sandals -- Tanning -- Indian clothing: Buckskin shirts -- Sioux ghost shirts -- Indian leggings and breechclout -- Indian ...