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Native American Antiquity

Native America Skies: Lunar Standstill in Chaco Canyon

In any given month, the rising moon swings between two extremes on the eastern horizon, similar to the oscillation of the rising sun...

Native American Skies: Lunar Standstill at Chimney Rock

During the month, the moon rises at different points across the eastern horizon. When it reaches the farthest point north it pauses, or...

Native American Skies: Lunar Standstill

Have you noticed how fast the earth has been moving lately? Probably not, but in fact the earth moves faster in the winter than in the...

A Cherokee Valentine

Saturday is Valentines Day, a national holiday in the United States, but what does it mean to Native Americans? For the Cherokee in...

Children’s Stories: Native American vs European

The Europeans called their stories “Fairy Tales”, probably because they harkened back to a time when magical creatures existed. Native...

First Contact: The Soto Expedition, Part 5: Arrogant and Proud Barbarians

In his account of the Soto expedition, “The Inca” [see Part 1] gives what I believe to be the most accurate and eloquent account of the...

First Contact: The Soto Expedition, Part 4: Panfilo de Narvaez

Inspired by the stories of Cabeza de Vaca, who had survived in North America after becoming a castaway and just returned to Spain, in...

First Contact: The Soto Expedition, Part 3: Ponce de Leon

Hernando de Soto was not the first to make contact with Native Americans in Florida. As “The Inca” [Part 1] tells in his chronicles of...

First Contact: The Soto Expedition, Part 2: Like Deer

In 1537, after amassing a sizable fortune as a conquistador, slave trader, and business man in South America, Hernando de Soto quickly...

First Contact: The Soto Expedition, Part 1: Hernando de Soto

This is part of a series of articles by Courtney Miller on the subject of “First Contact”–the initial contact of the Native Americans...

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