The True Forgotten Dark History of Thanksgiving

We all learned the story of Thanksgiving as kids. We were taught that the Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock in 1620 and were ...
Austin American-Statesman

From the Statesman archives: Newcomers did not control Indigenous Texas for centuries

In this "From the Archives" series — subtitled in jest "20,000 Years of Austin History in 20 Minutes" — we've introduced the concept for the series, and devoted one column to the arrival of humans in ...
The Wanderer

From the Files of the Rochester Historical Society

It’s always hard to write a Thanksgiving themed historical article. First, Thanksgiving didn’t become a national holiday until 1863 when Abraham Lincoln made it one and second, days of thanksgiving in ...
New Scientist

Leprosy was in the Americas long before the arrival of Europeans

A form of leprosy affected people in the Americas long before the arrival of Europeans, contrary to popular belief. “The narrative around leprosy has been always been that it’s this awful disease that ...
Opinion
The American SpectatorOpinion

The Myth of the Noble Savage

Separating historical reality from ideological mythmaking about Native America.
The Salt Lake Tribune

Opinion: Enough with the land acknowledgments: Remembering that Native Americans were here long before others is not enough.

If you work at a university, large corporation or left-leaning nonprofit or have attended certain performances, you have probably heard a land acknowledgment, a ritual that asks you to remember that ...
insider.si.edu

Cultures collide : Native American and Europeans, 1492-1700 / Ann Rossi

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 ...