In New England, we are midway through the spring woodland wildflower season. The brilliant painted, red and nodding trilliums are blooming and will soon be followed by that showstopper — the lady’s ...

The first encounters between European settlers and Native Americans are captured on a wood engraving in this 1888 image. DigitalVision Vectors For the third year, the United States will officially ...

Explore how European colonists reshaped early American agriculture by introducing livestock and non-native plant species, ...

After landing at Plymouth, Mass., in 1620, a group of English colonists struggled to survive the harsh elements. And as the story goes, the Wampanoag Native Americans helped them, and, in the fall of ...

Depending upon the narrative, American Indians were either noble creatures who were victims of a genocide by rapacious ...