HISTORY.com contributor Vincent Schilling

Vincent Schilling

Vincent Schilling, Akwesasne Mohawk, is an author, public speaker and journalist who has contributed to such publications as NBC.com, the Smithsonian's American Indian Magazine, and the CBC. He is the editor of NativeViewpoint.com, follow him on Twitter at @VinceSchilling.

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Hopi village of Oraibi, circa 1901. Oraibi is one of the oldest continuously occupied Indigenous communities in North America.

Traditional homes balanced resilience and respect for the land.

Three US soldiers, one standing and two sitting, smile ate a combat photographer, who is also seated. The three men sitting eat a meal during a World War II campaign in Normandy, France.

Cheetos and frozen orange juice are just a few examples of how military food scientists have shaped our diets.

They've had to fight continually to maintain their way of life.

Beans growing up a corn stalk in a Three Sisters garden in the Reading Public Museum Arboretum. The Three Sisters is a planting technique used by the Delaware tribe of Native Americans, where corn, squash and beans are planted together as a companion planting.

It’s a symbiotic system of growing corn, beans and squash.

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The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt leads a formation of ships from Carrier Strike Group 12 during a maneuvering exercise in the Atlantic Ocean, 2014.

The seagoing branch marks its 250th on October 13. Its storied history includes the largest sea battle and a spud barrage on an enemy sub.

American multi-sport Jim Thorpe competing for Carlisle Indian Industrial School at the U.S. Olympic trials in Celtic Park, New York, May 18, 1912.Jim Thorpe

He soared to fame in a place trying to strip him of his identity.

October 1813: Death of Shawnee Chief Tecumseh, at the Battle of Thames in the War of 1812.

The conflict was their last, best chance for outside military help to protect their homelands from westward expansion.

Workers strike oil in Osage territory. (Credit: David Grann)

When wealthy Native people died during the Osage Reign of Terror, it was often their white spouses and court-appointed guardians who stood to profit most.

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Five Native American chiefs, dressed in western clothes, sitting in a semi-circle holding belts made of wampum beads

For Indigenous people, the small, cylindrical beads crafted from purple and white shells served many purposes—just not as money.

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