For thousands of years before Europeans colonized the "New World," the land belonged to others. Who were those individuals now-known as "First Peoples" or "Native Americans?" How did they live? Where are they now?
Native Americans inhabit the great "wilderness," nearly the entire western part of the US.
The Ancient Hawaiians did many things to protect their environment, read to find out how.
We remember Chief Wilma Mankiller
Regardless whether Sacajawea lived a short or long life, stories have sprung up about her. The US Mint created a gold dollar in her honor, schools in ...
Before Jefferson even made the land purchase, he asked Meriwether Lewis to look for a waterway between the Missouri River and the Pacific Ocean.
The Navajo Nation governs itself through tribal councils; children are educated at "white" schools, it is hard work to build homes and roads in rugged...
Wilma organized a project to bring clean water to the reservation.
You can learn the events leading up to the overthrow of the Hawaiian Nation.
Lewis and Clark, and their Corps of Discovery, finally reach the Pacific Ocean in January 1806.
Random facts about Colonial Life in Standards 1 and 2
Native Americans lose their land and leaders; their way of life changes forever because of U.S. westward expansion.
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