For Native American Heritage Day: A Finding Aid to the Corresponding Section of Travalance

The day after Thanksgiving is always Native American Heritage Day, a day, I guess, when things are even more Native American Heritagey than they are during Native American Heritage Month, which is all of November. Since I’ve just increased the size of the Native American section of Travalanche by about 25% to nearly 120 posts, I thought I’d observe the day by creating this finding aid to help you navigate the section somewhat. Here are some key historical posts:

On Columbus and Columbus Day

Pocahontas, etc

More on Jamestown and the Powhatans

On Squanto, Samoset and Massasoit

King Philip’s War and the Great Swamp Fight

Dryden’s “Indian” Plays

The Native Americans of New York

An Overview of the Indian Wars

Romanticism: From “The Noble Savage” to Buffalo Bill

The Last of the Mohicans

The Massacre at Fort Parker

William Holland Thomas and the Eastern Band of Cherokee

P.T. Barnum and the Indians

On Geronimo in Films

On Sitting Bull in Show Business

On Crazy Horse

On Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce

On Wild West Shows

On Indian Medicine Shows

Native American Representation in Classic Hollywood

How the Mohawks Built New York

The Ballad of Ira Hayes etc

Songs of the American Indian Movement

On U.S. Presidents and Native American Policy

Above and beyond these are dozens of biographical essays on Native American (and partially Native American) performing artists of stage and screen, reviews of movies and television shows in which Native Americans are depicted, and assorted other historical essays of varying degrees of relevance. To peruse those go here.