Myths of the Western Indian Wars
Peter Cozzens, author of The Earth Is Weeping: The Epic Story of the Indian Wars for the American West, talked about wha…
Jim Barber, National Portrait gallery historian and curator, examined one of the museum's oil paintings titled, "Pocahontas." The image is o… read more
Jim Barber, National Portrait gallery historian and curator, examined one of the museum's oil paintings titled, "Pocahontas." The image is of the Native American woman who married an Englishman named John Rolfe in the early 1600s. Mr. Barber also provides a brief overview of the early 17th century landing of English settlers in Jamestown, VA. close
Peter Cozzens, author of The Earth Is Weeping: The Epic Story of the Indian Wars for the American West, talked about wha…
Paul Andrew Hutton talked about the prolonged conflict in the late nineteenth century between the Apaches and the U.S. g…
Cynthia Iyall talked about Chief Leschi of the Nisqually tribe and the efforts taken to exonerate him 150 years after hi…
Jim Barber talked about the history of an oil painting of African American actor Ira Aldridge in the National Portrait G…