I’ve been doing a lot since my last update in January! I’m revising my manuscript, doing in-person speaking engagements, growing my business, and much more! Read the entire blog to learn more about what it’s like to be a historian, author, publisher, and editor.
Today, the Root River Trail is a 42-mile paved path for bikers, hikers, joggers, in-line skaters, and cross-country skiers. But long before it was used for recreation, it was a well-established “super highway” leading Native travelers through the high bluffs and dense forest of the Upper Mississippi River Valley.
For more than a half-century, the Ho-Chunk endured the U.S. government’s policies of removal and ethnic cleansing. Since then many Ho-Chunk have returned to their ancestral homelands and today they are one of Wisconsin’s largest employers.
Drifting Goose and his band of Hunkpati Sioux, successfully delayed white settlement in the James River Valley for nearly a half century.
This summer, author, historian, and publisher Colin Mustful is available to speak at libraries, museums, book clubs, bookstores, and various other organizations across the state. Learn more now!
George Bonga was an Afro-Indigenous fur trader who was born near Fond-du-Lac around 1802. Sources differ regarding the date of his death. But why, and when did George Bonga actually die? The reason for the varying reports on the date of his death provide an important lesson.
The submission process is long—and filled with rejection. Find out where I’m at and what I’ll do next by reading my latest author update.
Despite the efforts of white officials, traditional warfare between Dakota and Ojibwe peoples continued for years after the 1825 Treaty of Prairie du Chien. One battle that has received particular attention by historians took place in 1842 and has been called The Battle of Kaposia.
In the 1920s, the Institute for Government Research commissioned a study on the economic and social condition of Native Americans. Called the Meriam Report, it determined that federal Indian policy failed Native Americans and left them “poor, even extremely poor.”
Discover what’s new in historical fiction! Join History Through Fiction for a special author panel featuring historical novelists with new and upcoming titles.