Members of one of the many indigenous tribes of the Amazon

Map showing the Native American culture areas and the tribes within those cultures in western North America. From the Perry Castaneda collection.

A map from 1911 of eastern North America showing the general areas of early contact between the Native Americans and European settlers. The map is divided by groups (Algonquians, Iroquoians, Siouans, and Muskhogeans) and the principal...

Left to right: Brig. Gen. Merrill L. Tribe, microbiologist Mary Elizabeth Hickox Mandels (1917-2009), and Dale Sieling. Mandels was a leader in bioenergy research and, during her long career at the U.S. Army Natick Research Laboratory in...

An image of "Last of the Tribe", created by Hiram Powers from 1870-72 (Marble).

The history and culture of the Plains Indians can be interpreted through footwear. Images of original specimens, teacher guides and worksheets provide an enhanced learning opportunity for students. There are two activities for ages 10-12...

The history and culture of the Plains Indians can be interpreted through footwear. Images of original specimens, teacher guides and worksheets provide an enhanced learning opportunity for students. There are two activities for ages 10-12...

The history and culture of the Plains Indians can be interpreted through footwear. Images of original specimens, teacher guides and worksheets provide an enhanced learning opportunity for students. There are two activities for ages 10-12...

The Crow Reservation is located in south-central Montana. This is a brief history of the Crow tribe that call themselves the Apsaslooka.

This site provides information on the Indians that inhabited the Great Lakes Region upon settlement by Europeans.

A map of the Dominion of New England (1686), showing the early settlements and the general tribal lands of the Pawtuckets, Massachusetts, Wampanoags, Narragansets, Nipmucks, Pequods, and Mohegans. "New England, a collective name given to...

View aspects of the history of the aboriginal peoples of Canada through photographs. Culture, ways of life, and struggles can be examined in this database of primary source images (most from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century).

A map of Britain after AD 577 and the Anglo-Saxon migration. This map is color-coded to show the territories of the Celtic tribes, the Jutic tribes, the Saxons tribes, and the English tribes. The map shows important cities and ports of...

A map from 1872 of the country east of the Mississippi for the year 1650, forty-seven years after the settlement of Jamestown. This map shows early commencement of European settlement and the principal Native American tribal lands east...

A map of Babylonia, in current Iraq, before the Semitic (Chaldaean) Conquest, about 4000 B.C. This map shows the early territories of Makan and Melucha between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates, with the Makan capital Ur inhabited by the...

A sketch map of North America from 1888 showing the probable lines of migration and distribution of the American Tribes, including the Esquimaux (Eskimo), West Coast Tribes, Tinne, Algonquin Tribes, and the Alleghans and Toltecans, based...

This archaeological site was occupied by the Apalachicola and Yuchi tribes. During the 17th century, the Apalachicola tribe allied with the Spanish in Florida against the English in Carolina and were ultimately destroyed as a culture....

Map of Africa in 1858, prior to the extensive European colonization of the continent established at the Berlin Conference of 1885. This map shows the European possessions of the Cape Colony, Natal, and Orange River Free State, and the...

A map of the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in the present day Lower Saxony of Germany. The battle was between the Roman Legion under Publius Quinctilius Varus, and the armies of a coalition of Germanic tribes led by Arminius. This...

A description of Persia before it as known as Iran, focusing on its tribes and history.

This website provides an overview of Georgia's early years. Includes: information on the Indian tribes which inhabited Georgia before it was settled by Europeans, the purposes behind Oglethorpe's settlement, maps, and links to further...

A map of the African continent in 1906 showing European land claims such as British East Africa, German East Africa, Portuguese East Africa, Italian Somalia, and others, and European colonies and corporate states such as Cape Colony,...

A map of Africa in 1920 showing colonial possessions of the British, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Belgians, including the former German colonies, lost after WWI, per the Treaty of Versailles. This map shows major cities and...

A map of Africa showing the continent prior to the Berlin Conference of 1885, when the most powerful countries in Europe at the time convened to make their territorial claims on Africa and establish their colonial borders at the start of...