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Miles, Nelson Appleton

(Encyclopedia) Miles, Nelson Appleton, 1839–1925, American army officer, b. near Westminster, Mass. In 1861, at the outbreak of the Civil War, he left his job in a Boston store and organized a…

Geronimo

Name at birth: GoyahklaGeronimo, also known as Goyahkla or Goyathlay, was the leader of a band of Chiricahua Apache who fought the United States takeover of their land in the late 19th century.…

Most Populous Indian Reservations, 2000

Below is a list of Indian Reservations in the United States with the largest populations. As of October 2011, the 2010 U.S. Census data has not been published. /**/…

Biographies of Famous Native Americans

Native Americans bios, from Alexie to Wovoka A-G | H-M | O-R | S-W   Charles Curtis Sherman Alexie, writer Paula Gunn Allen, Pueblo-Sioux poet, novelist, critic Dennis Banks, Anishinabe…

Arizona

Colorado State Information Capital: Phoenix, AZ 85007 Official Name: State of Arizona Organized as a territory/republic: February 24, 1863 Entered Union (rank): February 14, 1912 (48th) Present…

Navajo, indigenous people of North America

(Encyclopedia) Navajo or NavahoNavahoboth: näˈvəhō [key], Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Athabascan branch of the Nadene linguistic stock (see Native American languages). A…

New Mexico

(Encyclopedia) CE5 New Mexico, state in the SW United States. At its northwestern corner are the so-called Four Corners, where Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah meet at right angles; New…

Women's History Month

Guide to Worldwide Goddesses   Women's History Month Nobel Winning Scientists Nobel Peace Prize Winners Pulitzer Prize Winners in Literature Pulitzer Prize Winners in…

Paul Johnson, 2004 News

engineer, was beheaded in Saudi Arabia by members of al-Qaeda. An employee of Lockheed Martin, Johnson worked on Apache helicopters. Kenneth Scroggs, another Lockheed Martin employee, was…