Four Alaska Territorial Guardsmen being sworn in for an assignment in Barrow, Alaska.

Detail of illustration depicting Native American Squanto (a.k.a. Tisquantum), of the Patuxet tribe, serving as guide and interpreter for the Pilgrims at the Plymouth Colony, circa 1621.

Teddy Roosevelt Championed Conservation Efforts—That Also Displaced Native Americans

Tony Tekaroniake Evans is an author and award-winning journalist living in Hailey, Idaho.

Tony Tekaroniake Evans

Tony Tekaroniake Evans is an author and award-winning journalist living in Hailey, Idaho.

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America’s Founding Fathers decided that one elected civilian - the U.S. president - would lead the executive branch of the federal government, a governmental structure that has remained in place for more than 200 years.

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Thanksgiving, which occurs on the fourth Thursday in November, is based on the colonial Pilgrims' 1621 harvest meal. The holiday continues to be a day for Americans to gather for a day of feasting, football and family.

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<a href="https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/world-war-ii-history">World War II</a> was the biggest and deadliest war in history, involving more than 30 countries. Sparked by the 1939 Nazi invasion of Poland, the war dragged on for six bloody years until the Allies defeated the Axis powers of Nazi Germany, Japan and Italy in 1945. Explore the battles, leaders and atrocities from the war and its impact on geopolitics and humankind.

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Who Was Squanto, and What Was His Role in the First Thanksgiving?

How Native Americans Protected Alaska During WWII

Teddy Roosevelt Championed Conservation Efforts—That Also Displaced Native Americans

Abraham Lincoln’s Uneasy Relationship With Native Americans