Oldest child to Silas and Lucinda Parker, Cynthia was born in Illinois sometime around 1825. By 1833, her family had uprooted and moved to Texas as her father became enlisted in the military there. The Parkers were awarded a settlement that abutted Comanche territory....
When people think of the stereotypical “Native American princess” they immediately think of Pocahontas, as a young woman who struggled to establish peace between the Powhatan tribe and Virginia colonists. However, few have heard about Mary Kittamaquund,...
Tarenorerer, also known as Walyer by the sealers of Bass Strait, was thought to have been born circa 1800 near Emu Bay, Tasmania into the Tommeginne tribe. Accounts of her life suggest she was abducted in her teens by Aborigines of the Port Sorell region and was sold...
