Members of the American Indian Movement (AIM) led about 200 Sioux in the 70-day occupation of the town, site of the 1890 battle of Wounded Knee, South Dakota.
AIM demanded redress of American Indians’ grievances against the federal government.
Theodore Roosevelt, who invited Booker T. Washington, was the first president to invite an African-American man to the White House.
“M” and “N” are tied with eight states each for the most common initial letter for U.S. states: Maine Nebraska Maryland Nevada Massachusetts New Hampshire Michigan New Jersey Minnesota New Mexico Mississippi New York Missouri North Carolina Montana North Dakota
The athlete’s father was part Sac and Fox; his mother was part Potawatomi. Born at a Sac and Fox village in Oklahoma, Thorpe (1888-1953) won the pentathlon and decathlon at the 1912 Olympics and went on to play professional football and baseball. Although Thorpe was stripped of his gold medals for playing professional baseball before…
The speech known as the Gettysburg Address, given by Abraham Lincoln on November 19, 1863, runs 271 words, if you count “resting place” as two words.
The tepee was a conical dwelling made from buffalo hides, supported by poles, and often painted or decorated with beadwork. It was commonly used by Native Americans of the Great Plains. The wigwam was a rounded dwelling made from woven mats or birch bark over a framework of poles. It was widely used in the…
American Revolutionary patriots Samuel (1722-1803) and John Adams (1735-1826) were cousins. John Quincy Adams (17671848) was John’s son. Two of these men served as president of the U.S.: John (served 1797-1801) and John Quincy (served 1825-29).