Tag: Native America

• The search for the source (part 1)

  

  The Mississippi River system covers most of the American interior. Its many tributaries fan out like the branches of an enormous tree across the Midwest and Great Plains, stretching from the Appalachian Mountains in the East to the Rockies in the West. The river system remains critical to American shipping and commerce, and its historical…

  Jesse Rude

  April 24, 2026

  Miscellaneous

  American history, American Midwest, Bdote, colonization, Dakota, explorations, French history, Great Britain, history, indigenous history, Itasca, Métis, Minnesota, Minnesota history, Mississippi headwaters, Native America, New France, Upper Mississippi

• Notes from the heartland (Part 5: Home)

  

  I am home now after my road trip, a road trip long enough to permit some reflection. If you’ve read my previous posts, you won’t be surprised that I’ve been reflecting on our place in history. We Americans are living in a challenging time right now in terms of historical storytelling. Challenging but not unprecedented.…

  Jesse Rude

  November 11, 2025

  Miscellaneous

  Cherokee, Dakota, Dakota War, history, Ho-Chunk, identity, indigenous history, Iowa, Mankato, Minnesota, Minnesota history, Muscogee, musing, Native America, Nebraska, Oklahoma, settler colonialism, The U.S. Civil War, Trail of Tears, U.S. history, Winnebago, Wisconsin history