Long before Europeans arrived, North America was shaped by powerful civilizations built on trade, agriculture, and warfare. Climate shifts, internal conflict, and changing technology fractured these ...

Zitkála-Šá was eight years old when the missionaries came. Lured from the South Dakota Yankton Indian Reservation with promises of adventure, comfort, and an education, in 1884 the girl went willingly ...

Clay Halton was a Business Editor at Investopedia and has been working in the finance publishing field for more than five years. He also writes and edits personal finance content, with a focus on ...