Category: World History Encyclopedia

World History Encyclopedia The Cheyenne afterlife is envisioned as a continuation of life on earth. The spirit leaves the body and travels the long road of the Milky Way to…

World History Encyclopedia The Wonderful Sack is a legend of the Cheyenne nation and one of the Wihio tales, featuring the trickster figure Wihio, similar to the Lakota Sioux character…

World History Encyclopedia LONG ago, before they ever had any of these doctors’ dances, there was, in the Kit-ke-hahk’-i tribe, a young boy, small, growing up. He seemed not to…

World History Encyclopedia His fame is due, in large part, to his favorable depiction in the works of anthropologist and writer George Bird Grinnell (l. 1849-1938), who was also his…

World History Encyclopedia Chief Morning Star (Dull Knife) of the Northern Cheyenne Unknown Photographer (Public Domain) Morning Star (Vooheheve, l. c. 1810-1883, better known as Dull Knife) was a Northern…

World History Encyclopedia Training in oratory was a crucial part of Roman education; it was associated with a young boy’s transition into adult life. As Athens was considered the intellectual…

World History Encyclopedia Wihio is similar in character and narrative purpose to the same archetypal figures in the lore of other Native peoples of North America, such as Iktomi (Unktomi)…

World History Encyclopedia The Capture of Fort Ticonderoga (10 May 1775) was a military operation that occurred early in the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). A small colonial expedition jointly led…

World History Encyclopedia In Colonial America, women were discouraged from taking an interest in politics and were instead expected to focus only on traditionally ‘feminine’ matters, such as homemaking and…

World History Encyclopedia Review Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Title: War in the Balkans: An Encyclopedic History from the Fall of the Ottoman Empire to the Breakup of Yugoslavia…