Yearly Archives: 2014


“The first among us must not be last.”

March 6, 1968 To the Congress of the United States: Mississippi and Utah–the Potomac and the Chattahoochee–Appalachia and Shenandoah . . . The words of the Indian have become our words–the names of our states and streams and landmarks. His myths and his heroes enrich our literature. His lore colors […]


Reflections on the Reservation

Yesterday I gave a lecture that was a combination history lesson/what I did on my summer vacation. The talk included photos that I took from visits to reservations all around the country but focused on my one month stay in September 2013 on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation, South Dakota. […]