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Indigenous people of Southeastern Woodlands of the US
Albert Pike (1809–1891) was a multifaceted figure: a Northern-born lawyer, editor, and poet who became a Confederate brigadier general and the long‑time Sovereign Grand Commander of the Scottish Rite,...
Albert Pike served as the Confederate commissioner to several Native American nations and was commissioned a brigadier general who led Indian Territory forces early in the Civil War; his command fough...
Tribal enrollment documents and tribal IDs can—under specific conditions—serve as evidence of U.S. citizenship or identity for certain federal and state purposes, but they are not universally sufficie...
Indigenous peoples across the American West both adopted and reshaped cattle herding from the 18th century onward, ranging from early Spanish-era vaquero instruction in the Southwest to large twentiet...
Privacy and RFID security concerns have become a central factor shaping whether and how tribal nations adopt Enhanced Tribal Identification (ETC) cards, forcing tribes to weigh federal pressure to mee...
The Five Civilized Tribes—the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek (Muscogee), and Seminole—participated in in the 1830s–1860s, adopting and adapting chattel slavery practices alongside preexisting for...