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Event Archives:American Indian Wars

Painting of the 1814 Battle of Horseshoe Bend.

A Creek War Baptism of Fire for Future Icons

by Peter Cozzens1/30/20241/23/2024

David Crockett, Sam Houston learned how to fight during the brutal, early U.S. clashes with the Red Stick Indians.

U.S. cavalry pursuing Indians on horseback

This Kiowa Chief Kept to the Road of Peace — Until He Didn’t

by Allen Lee Hamilton and Clinton Chase Hamilton1/19/202411/3/2023
colt-paterson-model-1836-revolver

Top 10 Game-Changing Weapons That Debuted In the 19th Century

by Jon Guttman1/3/20241/3/2024

Remembering the fallen: burials at Little Bighorn

by David Lauterborn9/15/20239/15/2023
Lakota warrior White Bull

Whether or Not He Killed Custer, This Lakota Proved a Courageous Warrior

by Dennis Goodwin7/21/20237/21/2023
Painting of Napoléon crossing the Alps on horse back.

Precision vs. Propaganda: Some Painters Meticulously Researched Their Masterworks—Others Not So Much

by Jon Guttman6/23/20234/26/2024
A 1873 photograph by Timothy H. O'Sullivan captures the fortresslike canyon from the ground as both Spanish and American invaders would have seen it.

Attacked by Both Spanish and American Invaders, This Sandstone Navajo Stronghold Was Built for Defense

by David T. Zabecki6/2/20236/9/2023
Geronimo

Was Geronimo Really a Good Leader?

by Candy Moulton10/19/202210/19/2022

Book Review: Even History Editors Go to the Beach. These Are the Books They’re Reading There

by HistoryNet Staff7/22/20224/27/2024

Medals of Honor for Wounded Knee Massacre Soldiers May Be Rescinded

by Davis Winkie7/20/20227/20/2022

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