Curated Video
Native American Reservations, Explained.
How did Native Americans end up on Reservations? We explore the complicated relationship between the Indian Nations and the United States of America. Watch Tai Leclaire breakdown all you need to know about the Reservation system and why...
Curated Video
Hard Times for Pioneers
Dr. Forrester talks about many of the hardships pioneers faced as they migrated into the western part of the United States.
Cerebellum
Colonization Of North America: The First Settlement - The Spanish Missions And Native American Slavery
Discusses the French trading networks, their alliances with Native Americans, and their conflicts with settlers. Colonization Of North America The First Settlement. This video looks at the Spanish attempts at spreading Catholicism...
Cerebellum
Compromise And Conflict in America: 1848-1857 - Treaty Of Fort Laramie (1851)
This video looks at the documents conceived in a period when the civil rights of women and Native Americans were in question, and slavery was driving a wedge between slaveholders and abolitionists. Educators from noted American...
Cerebellum
American Explorers & Pioneers - 18th And 19th Century Explorers
American explorers and pioneers the first Europeans explored the valleys, rivers and mountains of America. Many set up home there and forced Native Americans out of their original homeland. 18th century explorers such as Captain James...
Weird History
Native American Foods Of The Old West
The creativity with which Native American groups brought ingredients together reflected an awareness of and respect for the environment. When it comes to what kind of foods Native Americans ate in the past, their meals were often about...
Weird History
The Biggest Badass Woman In American History
All western schoolchildren have heard of Sacagawea, and even more know the story of Pocahontas either from class or the Disney movie. But who was the great – and comparatively unknown – Marie Dorion? No less than one of the most...
Getty Images
Mexican tribes dance before President of Mexico
Indian tribe representatives carry goats, chickens and other gifts to the ritual dance before President Abelardo Rodriguez / CU president and his wife seated watching performance / costumed women stand holding gifts on their heads /...
Have Fun With History
Have Fun With History: Navajo Canyon Country
A 1954 documentary of the Navajo, or Dine people of Arizona revealing their history as well as their life and customs of the time of the documentary. [12:00]
Crash Course
Crash Course Us History #11: The War of 1812
In this Crash Course video, John Green teaches you about the War of 1812. The War of 1812 was fought between the United States and its former colonial overlord England. It started in, you guessed it 1812. The war lasted until 1815, and...
PBS
Pbs: Indian Pride: Treaties and Sovereignty, Part 2
JuniKae Randall interviews John Echohawk, the executive director of the Native American Rights Fund, about the unique relationship between tribes and the federal government, including treaties and tribal sovereignty. [9:49]
PBS
Pbs: Wyoming's Native Americans: Washakie: Last Chief of the Eastern Shoshone
Learn how the long life of Chief Washakie bridged a century of change in the American west-from the time of nomadic tribes following buffalo herds, to the period when tribes relinquished their claims to vast tracts of land in the West....
PBS
Pbs: Indian Pride, Government Structure, Part 1
Indian government structure varies from tribe to tribe across the United States as explained by members of various Indian tribes. [5:42]
PBS
Pbs: Wyoming's Native Americans: Who Are the Northern Arapaho?
Students will gain an understanding of the Northern Arapaho people located on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming. In the accompanying lessons plans (found in the Support Materials), students will learn how the Northern Arapaho came to...
PBS
Pbs: Wyoming's Native Americans: Who Are the Eastern Shoshone?
Learn how and when the Eastern Shoshone came to Wyoming and their values. In the accompanying lessons plans (found in the Support Materials), students will gain an understanding of the Fort Bridger Treaty of 1868 including its importance...
PBS
Pbs: Indian Pride: Tribal Relations, Part 1
This video examines the relationship between Native American tribes and the United States federal government. Topics discussed include health care, justice systems, business opportunities, religious artifacts in museums, gaming on...
PBS
Pbs: Indian Pride: Spirituality, Part 2
Interview describes storytelling protocols, and tells the creation story of the Cheyenne-Arapaho tribe.