After the Civil War ended, Gen. Oliver Otis Howard was put in charge of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, the first social welfare organization in this country. But after the ...
Having passed through the Bitterroot Valley, the non-treaty Nez Perce bands crossed the Continental Divide into the Big Hole Valley on Aug. 7, 1877. A high, open grassland, the valley provided forage ...
On October 5, 1877, Nez Perce leader Chief Joseph formally surrendered his forces to General Nelson A. Miles and General Oliver Otis Howard at Bear Paw Mountain, Montana Territory. This effectively ...
Seven days after the column of 430 tired, wounded and disheartened Nez Perce set up winter camp at the new fort near Miles City, Oct. 23, 1877, the colonel brought more bad news. His superiors had ...
Even in an era when many Americans believed Indians to be savage impediments to U.S. expansion, the 1877 war between the Nez Perce and the U.S. Army had lots of citizens rooting for the tribe. To ...
You might not, at first, remember why you know the name "Chief Joseph." He was a well-regarded leader within the Nez Perce tribe that battled the U.S. Army in 1877. The Nez Perce had tried, usually ...
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Professor Daniel Sharfstein talked about the beginning of the Nez Perce Wars of the late 19th century and General Oliver Otis Howard of the U.S. Army ...
The Nez Perce Indian Nation will present the Chief Redheart memorial ceremony at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site. The annual ceremony pays tribute to “tribal ideals, ...
“The Dying Grass,” the 23rd title by the famously prolific William T. Vollmann, is the fifth entry in his “Seven Dreams,” a cycle of novels centering on encounters between Europeans and Native ...
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
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