By Christine Graef
Akwesasne, New York (NFIC)
A fire began burning on the eastbound side of Route 37 in January. Gradually trees were felled to bulldoze a road through the dense woods. The logs were stacked and added to the fire through the night and day.
The Hiawatha flag was hung. The red warrior’s flag with its yellow sun and silhouetted profile was put up. By the roadside a “For Sale” sign advertising 230 acres was covered by a sign reading “Reclamation Site.”
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By Rick Allen
Ocala, Florida (AP)
In its day, Six Gun Territory was a hot property.
Opening with great fanfare on Feb. 2, 1963, the Western-themed attraction would draw thousands of visitors to Ocala during its 20-year lifespan. Six Gun and nearby Silver Springs...01-17-2011, 02:19 PM -
By Ula Ilnytzky
New York, New York (AP)
Lt. Col. George Custer and the men of his 7th Cavalry Regiment went into the Battle of the Little Bighorn with flags flying, but they were wiped out, and nearly all their military artifacts were carried away by the victorious Lakota Sioux...07-01-2010, 07:34 PM -
Published on: 2004-05-14
Truck hits car; Robeson County teen dies
A staff report
PEMBROKE - A Robeson County teenager was killed and three others were injured Thursday when the car they were in was hit by a dump truck....05-14-2004, 10:20 AM -
Keshena, Wisconsin (ICC/MTHPO)
The Menominee Tribe repatriated six of their ancestor’s human remains, their grave goods and funerary objects during November.
In 2005, the remains were disturbed by construction work that was being conducted at the Neenah Waterworks plant...12-26-2007, 10:52 PM -
By Nick Vander Puy
Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin (NFIC)
When we arrived at Lac du Flambeau in late July an Assiniboine man named Harry Beauchamp and some Flambeau men were skinning several tamarack tee-pee poles. Earlier in the week the Flambeau men had cut and rassled the trees...08-30-2008, 11:45 AM