I want to take time out to tell you about the exciting new document I have put together for my readers. It is My Private Scrapbook and it is chocked full of my private background material for my books and articles including sketches of the characters, diagrams and floor plans for the scenes, between the lines information, personal stories about me, the process of writing, and anecdotes from research and field trips. This is the book supplement that I often wish I could have

There have been over 500 treaties made between the United States and Native Americans. And there have been over 500 treaties broken. Why? In this article, I will concentrate on relations with those tribes east of the Mississippi—the “civilized tribes”—and five points in time that I think best illustrate how relations have gone from cooperative and respectful to intolerant and disrespectful. Senate Resolution 76 (1987) reads: “The confederation of the original 13 colonies in