Before the U.S. capital, Washington, D.C. was Nacotchtank and Piscataway homeland. Explore Potomac Indigenous history, treaty diplomacy, and the NMAI.
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Tennessee – State, Population & Capital
Explore Tennessee’s Native American history: Cherokee & Chickasaw homelands, the Trail of Tears, Tanasi origins, statehood in 1796, and cultural legacy.
Deconstructing History: Empire State Building
The Empire State Building stands on Lenape homeland. Explore Mannahatta’s Indigenous past, the contested 1626 ‘sale,’ wampum diplomacy, and the tower’s 1931 rise.
Arkansas – Hot Springs, Little Rock & State
Explore Arkansas Native history: Paleo-Indians, the Quapaw, Osage and Caddo, European contact, forced removal and the Trail of Tears.
South Carolina – Colonel History, Civil War & Myrtle Beach
Explore South Carolina Native American history: Cherokee, Catawba, Yamasee War, colonial treaties, and the tribes’ enduring legacy in the Palmetto State.
9 Things You May Not Know About California
Nine California facts reframed through Indigenous history: unratified 1851 treaties, Ohlone homelands, the bear flag, Ishi, Alcatraz and repatriation.
New Orleans, Louisiana Purchase & Hurricane Katrina
From Woodland and Mississippian mound builders to the Natchez Revolt and Katrina, how Indigenous Louisiana shaped New Orleans and still endures today.
New York City
Discover the Lenape homeland beneath New York City: the 1626 wampum purchase of Manhattan, Dutch New Amsterdam, and the enduring Native legacy.
8 Things You May Not Know About West Virginia
Discover West Virginia’s Indigenous roots: the Kanawha name, Shawnee and Delaware homelands, Point Pleasant, and the earthworks that predate statehood.
Minnesota – Immigration, Minneapolis & Mall of America
Explore Minnesota’s Dakota and Anishinaabe heritage: land cessions, the 1862 U.S.-Dakota War, forced removal, and the founding of AIM in Minneapolis.
Washington
How Coast Salish, Narragansett, and Texas Indigenous nations shaped Washington, Rhode Island, and the American founding—treaties, wampum, and legacy.
Colorado – State, Map & Cities
Explore Colorado’s Indigenous history: Ancestral Puebloans of Mesa Verde, the Ute Nation, the Sand Creek Massacre, and the Cheyenne and Arapaho legacy.