The Native American experience

In the beginning

the Ice Age migration to the Western Hemisphere

The aboriginal imprint

Eastern and Woodland Native American Tribes

Conquistadors and the Tribes of the Southwest

The effects of English and French colonization

First contact on the Northwest Coast

Spanish colonization of New Mexico

Cherokee and other Tribes and settlement of the Southeast

Seminoles and the discovery of Florida

The French and Indian War

The California mission system

Russian inluence in the Northwest

The new nation and the original inhabitants

Native Americans encountered by Lewis and Clark

Indian bureaus and the first reservations

Gold and settlers challenge California tribes

Native Americans and the Civil War

Farmers, Ranchers, and Native Americans

Last of the great warriors

Dakota and other Plains Tribes

Last of the great warriors

Apache and Comanche Tribes

Alaskan and Arctic Tribes meet the age of industrialization

Allotment and reform

Native Americans enter the twentieth century

The New Deal, reorganization, and termination

Fighting on the other side

Native American soldiers

Urban migration of Native Americans - - Outstanding Native Americans

Native American art and literature

Tribal leadership transitions inot the twenty-first century

Return to the past

ancient influences and modern life