When I see items at auction about Native Americans, I’m drawn to them as much as I am to those pertaining to African Americans. We both share a history in this country that has not…
Category: Native Americans
Hoping for – but not getting – a big win at “Antiques Roadshow”
Posted in Antiques, Appraisals, collectibles, Ephemera/Paper/Documents, and Native Americans
The appraiser looked a bit tired and seemed indifferent. He watched as I approached the table but he didn’t lean forward in a welcoming gesture. It was closing in on 12 noon, and the “Antiques Roadshow” had been…
Early Native American monument that never materialized
Posted in Architecture/Buildings, and Native Americans
It was a foggy and humid Friday in 1913 when a ship carrying the president of the United States and his party headed to a site in New York Harbor for a momentous ceremony. In another…