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History of Fort Ligonier

Rate This Article History of Fort LigonierFrench & Indian War British Fortification in Ligonier, PACredit Above Photo: , Fort Ligonier, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons History of Fort Ligonier French & Indian War British Fortification in Ligonier, PA Credit Above Photo: Fort Ligonier, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons [read more]

History of Fort Ligonier2024-08-28T23:15:30+00:00

The Venetian Bead Story by Peter Francis Jr

With the possible exception of the Egyptian and Syrian beadmakers of Roman times, no glass bead producers have had as much influence on their contemporaries as those of Venice. Venetian beads have been sent all over the world and have for the last several centuries dominated the trade and tastes in the commodity.

The Venetian Bead Story by Peter Francis Jr2024-09-03T15:53:02+00:00

Women’s Southern Cloth Dance Style & Regalia

Rate This Article Women's Southern Cloth Dance Style & Regalia Credit Above Photo: Ginger Reddick - 2010 Choctaw Powwow. Women's Southern Cloth Dance Style & Regalia Credit Above Photo: Credit Above Photo: Ginger Reddick - 2010 Choctaw Powwow. Women's Traditional Dance is the very oldest form of [read more]

Women’s Southern Cloth Dance Style & Regalia2024-09-03T15:53:14+00:00

Native American Grass Dancing Styles Article

Rate This Article Native American Grass Dancing Styles Article Credit Above Photo: Smithsonian Institution from United States, No restrictions, via Wikimedia Commons Native American Grass Dancing Styles Article Credit Above Photo: Smithsonian Institution from United States, No restrictions, via Wikimedia Commons What is a Native American Pow [read more]

Native American Grass Dancing Styles Article2024-09-03T15:53:21+00:00

Big Tree: Kiowa Warrior and Chief

Rate This Article Big Tree: Kiowa Warrior and Chief Native American Online Articles Photo Credit: Big Tree, Kiowa Native American, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs Ag2008.0005, DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University. Big Tree: Kiowa Warrior and Chief Native American Online Articles Photo Credit: Big Tree, Kiowa Native [read more]

Big Tree: Kiowa Warrior and Chief2024-11-19T14:32:57+00:00

History of Fort Union Trading Post

In 1828 the Assiniboine Indians requested that John Jacob Astor’s American Fur Company establish a trading post in their homeland to protect them from hostile tribes. Kenneth McKenzie thus founded Fort Union in what is now North Dakota. Strategically located near the homelands of 10 Northern Plains tribes, Fort Union, possibly first known as Fort Henry or Fort Floyd, was built in 1828 or 1829.

History of Fort Union Trading Post2024-06-21T10:51:49+00:00

Native American Men’s Northern Traditional Dance Style

Rate This Article Native American Men’s Northern Traditional Dance Style Article Credit Above Photo: Smithsonian Institute: Walter Larrimore, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Native American Men’s Northern Traditional Dance Style Article Credit Above Photo: Smithsonian Institute: Walter Larrimore, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Powwows are American Indian [read more]

Native American Men’s Northern Traditional Dance Style2024-11-19T14:31:54+00:00

Native American Straight Dance Style Article

Rate This Article Native American Straight Dance Style Article Credit Above Photo: Smithsonian Institute: Walter Larrimore, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Native American Straight Dance Style Article Credit Above Photo: Smithsonian Institute: Walter Larrimore, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Powwows are American Indian events that feature, [read more]

Native American Straight Dance Style Article2025-11-24T09:48:25+00:00

Bone Hairpipe History: From Shell to Bone

However much you may think you have known about the early use of shell hairpipes, the “singular” pivotal interaction of a trader to the Ponca Indians in 1880 and Ponca Chief White Eagle that led to the manufacture and trade of the cheaper and stronger bone hairpipe, clearly illustrates what can happen through trade when one culture listens to another.

Bone Hairpipe History: From Shell to Bone2025-10-28T00:49:09+00:00

Trade Bead Migration into North America

The first record of European glass beads coming into the Americas is in Columbus’ own log where he describes how e presented the natives with “red caps and some strings of (green) glass beads”, (Orchard, 1975) and “in this simple manner was begun the acculturation process that led ultimately to the disintegration of aboriginal American culture” (Quimby, 1966). The holds of the ships of those who followed contained a variety of trade goods: trinkets, iron knives, guns, kettles, hatchets, broadcloth and beads, beads, beads.

Trade Bead Migration into North America2024-09-21T17:28:24+00:00
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