"In The Ute Indians of Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico, Virginia McConnell Simmons provides a detailed and accurate account of this indigenous nation. Using government documents, archives, and local histories, Simmons has separated the often repeated and often incorrect hearsay from more accurate accounts of the Ute Indians." "Simmons' story begins with the Utes' origins and their first contact with the Spanish, from whom they obtained horses, and...

The received idea of Native American history--as promulgated by books like Dee Brown's mega-bestselling 1970 Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee--has been that American Indian history essentially ended with the 1890 massacre at Wounded Knee. Not only did one hundred fifty Sioux die at the hands of the U. S. Cavalry, the sense was, but Native civilization did as well. Growing up Ojibwe on a reservation in Minnesota, training as an anthropologist, and researching...

"Thomas Wazhashk is the night watchman at the jewel bearing plant, the first factory located near the Turtle Mountain Reservation in rural North Dakota. He is also a Chippewa Council member who is trying to understand the consequences of a new emancipation bill on its way to the floor of the United States Congress. It is 1953 and he and the other council members know the bill isn’t about freedom; Congress is fed up with Indians. The bill is a termination...

"The bloody Battle of Tippecanoe was only the beginning. It's 1811 and President James Madison has ordered the destruction of Shawnee warrior chief Tecumseh's alliance of tribes in the Great Lakes region. But while General William Henry Harrison would win this fight, the armed conflict between Native Americans and the newly formed United States would rage on for decades. Bestselling authors Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard venture through the fraught...

This Colorado Environmental Performance Partnership Agreement (CEPPA) is an agreement that identifies and explains the key environmental priorities and goals in the State of Colorado, and the working relationship between the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). It allows Colorado to identify key state priorities, allocate federal resources to the highest state priorities,...

This Colorado Environmental Performance Partnership Agreement (CEPPA) is an agreement that identifies and explains the key environmental priorities and goals in the State of Colorado, and the working relationship between the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). It allows Colorado to identify key state priorities, allocate federal resources to the highest state priorities,...

"Colorado's America Indian leaders contributing to the historic, social, economic and cultural fabric of the state and nation include the Chairmen of Colorado's two federally recognized tribes, a U.S. State Senator, a Colorado State Senator, one of the most influential lawyers in the country, bankers, financial advisors, entrepreneurs, educators, writers, veterans, community and civil rights advocates, and artists"--