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Excerpts from What is the Third Estate
Article by Harrison W. Mark

Excerpts from What is the Third Estate

What is the Third Estate? was a pamphlet published by Abbè Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès (1748-1836) in January 1789, months before the start of the French Revolution (1789-1799). The pamphlet concerns the place of the Third Estate (commoners) within...
Chief Kicking Bear of the Oglala Lakota Sioux Nation
Image by George E. Spencer

Chief Kicking Bear of the Oglala Lakota Sioux Nation

Chief Kicking Bear (l. 1845-1904) of the Oglala Lakota Sioux Nation in 1891; photo taken while he was a prisoner at Fort Sheridan, Illinois. Kicking Bear is credited by some scholars with creating the ghost shirt used during the Ghost Dance...
Chief Buffalo Bulls Back Fat of the Kainai Nation
Image by George Catlin

Chief Buffalo Bulls Back Fat of the Kainai Nation

Chief Buffalo Bulls Back Fat (Stu-mick-o-súcks) of the Blood Indians of the Kainai nation of the Blackfoot Confederacy. Oil on canvas by George Catlin, 1832. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.
Pawnee Nation Celebrates Completion Of Traditional 'Earth Lodge
Video by News On 6/KOTV

Pawnee Nation Celebrates Completion Of Traditional 'Earth Lodge

The Pawnee Nation plans to celebrate completion of a traditional "earth lodge" this week. It's the only one built on tribal land in more than 100 years. News On 6's Emory Bryan had the story.
Adam Smith
Definition by Mark Cartwright

Adam Smith

Adam Smith (1723-1790) was a Scottish philosopher, economist, and leading Enlightenment figure. In The Wealth of Nations, he advocates free trade and limited interference in markets by governments, for which he is seen as the founder of liberal...
Romulus and Remus: a History of a Nation in Coins
Video by Ancient History Encyclopedia

Romulus and Remus: a History of a Nation in Coins

This latest AHE video takes a look at how the Roman people represented the myth of Romulus and Remus on their coinage. Spanning in time from 269 BCE- 248 CE. Ancient History Encyclopedia www.ancient.eu
Cheyenne
Definition by Joshua J. Mark

Cheyenne

The Cheyenne are a North American Native nation, originally from the Great Lakes region, who migrated to modern-day Minnesota and then to areas in North Dakota and further southwest. They are associated with the Plains Indians culture and...
Native Peoples of North America
Definition by Joshua J. Mark

Native Peoples of North America

The Native Peoples of North America (also known as American Indians, Native Americans, Indigenous Americans, and First Americans) are the original inhabitants of North America believed to have migrated into the region between 40,000-14,000...
Buffalo and Eagle Wing & The American Indian Boarding School
Article by Joshua J. Mark

Buffalo and Eagle Wing & The American Indian Boarding School

Buffalo and Eagle Wing is a legend of the Plains Indians culture of North America, which is part origin myth and part cautionary tale on the importance of keeping one's promises. Although scholars agree on the general provenance of the tale...
Plains Indians
Definition by Joshua J. Mark

Plains Indians

The Plains Indians (also known as Native Americans of the Plains and Prairie, Indigenous Peoples of the Great Plains) are the original inhabitants of the western plains of North America, now part of the United States and Canada. They are...
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