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1493
1493
When Christopher Columbus first came in contact with native people, he wrote “They all go around as naked as their mothers bore them and also the women.” He also noted that “they could easily be commanded and made to work, to sow and to do whatever might be needed, to build towns and get taught to wear clothes and adapt our ways. -
1611
Former Dutch lawyer Adrian Block explored Manhattan Island in the ship Tiger. He returned to Europe with a cargo of furs and two kidnapped Indians, whom he named Orson and Valentine. -
1785-1795
Old Northwest War Fighting occurred in Ohio and Indiana following two humiliating defeats at the hands of native warriors, the Americans won a decisive victory under Mad Anthony Wayne at the Battle of Fallen Timbers. -
1790
The first U.S. Census count included slaves and free African Americans but Indians were not included. -
1881
A Century of Dishonor publication, Helen Hunt Jackson released her book detailing the plight of American Indians and criticizing the US government’s treatment of Indians. -
1996
National American Indian Heritage Month President Clinton declared November of each year to be National American Indian Heritage Month.