Long before the boats of Christopher Columbus touched the New World, North America was thriving and this was thanks to the many Native American tribes that called different regions of this huge ...
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 ...
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, ...
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The Science Behind Why Old World Europeans Infected Native Americans - Not the Other Way Around
When people talk about the Columbian Exchange, the headline is always disease. But not all diseases behave the same. There’s a crucial difference between everyday bugs and true plagues. Regular ...
For Native Americans, putting dinner on the table was a terrifying, oftentimes death-defying, and always full-time job. While many of their foods aren't even around anymore, others have cropped up as ...
Native American historian Ned Blackhawk joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about the cultures and histories of the indigenous peoples of North America. Why were reservations ...
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