By Robert Reed In the National Museum of American History in the nation’s capitol is a black and white image of a beautiful Crow Indian girl with doll in a traditional cradle. The photograph was taken in 1888. Like children everywhere, Native American children have loved to play with dolls over the centuries. In most cases such dolls for them […]

By Roy Nuhn A bit more than two centuries have passed since German folklorists Jacob and Wilhellm Grimm’s first volume of fairy tales was published in 1812.  A second volume followed two years later.  The stories quickly became literary classics. People, young and old, have fallen in love with the Brothers Grimm ever since. Today, the old fairy tales, along […]

Native American Heritage Month November 1 Commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the first land battle of the American Revolution in the South, the Battle of Ninety Six. November 1  1800: John Adams becomes the first President to live in the White House. November 4 Election Day November 9 The draft age for the U.S. military is lowered to 18 and […]