HIST 4491 American West

Meet Anna May Wong, the First Chinese American Movie Star The Google Doodle honored the star of a silent movie called “The Toll of the Sea,” which celebrated its 97th anniversary since its release on Wednesday. if(!window.mobileCheck){window.pubg||(window.pubg={queue:[]});pubg.queue.push(function(){pubg.displayAds()})} That star is Anna May Wong, regar...

Western megadrought is worst in 1,200 years, intensified by climate change, study finds The West is experiencing its most severe megadrought in a millennium, according to a new study. Scientists say climate change is playing a major role.

In Historic Move, Biden To Pick Native American Rep. Haaland As Interior Secretary Deb Haaland would be the first Native American Cabinet secretary. She opposed many Trump environmental rollbacks and considers climate change "the challenge of our lifetime."

Tribal Map of America Shows Whose Land You're Actually Living On A history worth examining on Indigenous People's Day.

David Bald Eagle, Lakota Chief, Musician, Cowboy And Actor, Dies At 97 He was also a war hero and a ballroom dancer — Bald Eagle's life is hard to fit in a headline. He parachuted into Normandy, acted in Westerns and starred in his first feature film at the age of 95.

In The 1920s, A Community Conspired To Kill Native Americans For Their Oil Money The Osage tribe in Oklahoma became spectacularly wealthy in the early 1900s — and then members started turning up dead. David Grann's Killers of the Flower Moon describes the dark plot against them.

New excavations of indigenous pit houses in early Las Vegas.

As the only source of life-sustaining water for miles around, the Springs Preserve has always been a gathering place. Probably for longer than we have recorded history, people and animals have sought refuge here, making it a logical choice for habitation. And, thanks to extensive archaeological research, we’ve found considerable evidence of housing structures on our property from those that once called this place home.

Ammon Bundy Quits Militia Movement in Solidarity With Migrant Caravan “Fear is the opposite of faith … The time we find ourselves in now that is closest found in history is Germany in the 1930s.”