Sheryl Hartman
As a historian and Anthropologist, I have been involved in living history and teaching Native Woodland Educational Programs to students and to the general public for thirty years. I helped found a nonprofit educational park in 2001 and became its director, wrote grants and supervised special events which included School of the Native featuring Native and non-native professionals in the areas of Woodland Arts and Culture. I have published several books on Native Woodland and Great Lakes Indians. I just finished a teacher resource book called, "Natives Along the Wabash and Ohio" This is coming out in the spring of 2010. I have another two publications, one called, "Ancestors of the Ohio," and "Eastern Woodland Clothing, Textiles and Villages, currently in different stages of editing. I worked at Indiana University for one of the archaeology labs last spring identifying textile impressed pottery shards excavated from a site in southern Indiana. I have conducted research at several major museums around the country and in Canada. I continue to do research and write about Native Woodland Indians and have some lesson plans available on our Piankeshaw Trails website.
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Corn Used for MedicineCorn has been around for 10,000 years but its use as a folk remedy has not been amplified. Today, it is being used in producing advanced bio-engineered substances for use in the field of medicine.
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Shawnee, Guardians of the Ohio ValleyThis article gives a brief introduction to the lands of the lower Ohio Valley that have been misrepresented as hunting grounds by offering evidence of Shawnee stewardship for thousands of years. -
Roles of Native American Women of the Woodlands in the 18th CenturyA brief look at the roles and complex lives of Native Woodland women. They were healers, educators, traders, and garderners and so much more. Lack of evidence has hindered ability to get a true picture of the Native women in the 18th century. -
Native American People - Mystery or HistoryNative Americans are often left to the obscurities of time; this is the story of one called White Eyes who has a mysterious life and death that should offer food for thought in how early prejudices hamper current knowledge of the past -
Native American ContributionsA Listing of contributions made through contact with Native Americans made to the US and the world including government, economy, food, and medicine -
Basic Info Shawnee IndiansBrief description of the Shawnee mainly from interviews conducted by Charles Trowbridge in 1824 with additional hints to the ancestral links to the Fort Ancient and Hopewell Traditions -
Tacumwah, "Chieftress" of the MiamiThis is about a unique character, not well known, called Tacumwah, her life as Miami, her ability to be a mother, live in a Native and white world, become an astute businesswoman and leave a legacy in her young son. -
A Brief History of West VirginiaThe Shawnee and other Woodland Indians fought a major battle at Point Pleasant and Coal was not the only king of the mountain state. Railroads and lumber played a vital role in West Virginia history and for tourism today. -
Native American Contributions to the World: CornScientists are closing in on the secrets of the origins of maize, how Native Americans spread its use and the technology of corn used to create a plethora of products used today globally -
Native American Origins: Clovis First Theory ChallengedClovis First Theory is challenged and by some scientists whose reputations have been in the middle of an archeological firestorm including Dr. James Adovasio who supports pre-Clovis origins of Native Americans -
Bison in the Ohio ValleyEvidence suggesting the occurrences and reasons for the appearance of Bison or American Buffalo in the region east of the Mississippi River
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Little Turtle and Battle of Little BighornDetails of a lost victory by Native American leader, Little Turtle in the 18th century compared to the famous Battle of the Little Big Horn of 1876 -
Earthquakes that ShakeBrief discussion of some of the most predominate and devastating earthquakes that have happened in the first few months of 2010 with evidence to suggest they were not necessarily linked
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Cheyenne, Farmers from the Great LakesEarliest roots of the Cheyenne place them in the northern Great Lakes living on a lakeshore harvesting wild rice and planting crops unlike the image that illuminates thier horesmanship and life in tipi camps on the Plains -
Tactical and Technical Innovations of Native American WarfareInnovative weaponry, and battle tactics created by Native American warriors
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West Virginia Coal Mines and Tourism in New River GorgeWest Virginia has a long history in the coal mine industry. There is a new industry in tourism from white water rafting to a real coal mine. Coalmines and tourism inthe New River Gorge area.
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Native American Women in Colonial HistoryNative American Women few have heard about in American Colonial History from the Miami, Seneca, and Potawatomi and the roles they played.