Native Americans

<p><span class="deck">New York Indians discover Henry Hudson and his crew in 1765.</span></p>

<p>The “Long House,” characteristic lodging of the Iroquois, also described their political union in which each Iroquois nation remained sovereignty under a common roof which sheltered them all.</p>

<p>While his brother Tecumseh was assembling the greatest Indian confederation the United States army would ever confront, the “Prophet” launched a fateful preemptive attack in Indiana Territory in 1811.</p>

<p>A century and a half after his death, the Native American leader's vision of finding peace and prosperity in a divided country is more compelling than ever.</p>

<p>It's one of the oldest folk ballads in our national songbook, but where did it come from? The answer is complex, multi-layered, American.</p>

<p>Considered by many to have been the world’s greatest athlete, Jim Thorpe persevered through triumphs and tragedy.</p>

<p>Bison are returning to tribal lands under a conservation program launched by Deb Haaland, the first Native American Secretary of the Interior.</p>

<p>My grandparents were murdered during the Osage Reign of Terror. It took my family generations to recover.</p>

<p>Once a scene of tragedy, Georgia's 200-year-old Indian Spring Hotel now offers a venue for learning about the past – including the controversial Creek leader who built it.</p>

<p>In a momentous couple of years, the young United States added more than a million square miles of territory, including Texas and California. </p>