The American painter George Catlin (1796-1872) made the most extensive and important record of life among Native Americans in North America through his drawings, paintings, and writings. George Catlin was born on July 26, 1796, in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. His...

George Catlin, painter and author of books on his travels to Indian tribes throughout North and South America, is an important figure in American history, literature, and art because of the role he played in preserving Native American culture. It was...

Although best known as a graphic artist, George Catlin was also an important writer about the Native Americans of the frontier West, a fact that will doubtless be increasingly recognized as the canon of American literature continues to expand. Like his...

George Catlin visited American Indian tribes of the Great Plains during the 1830s to capture in paint images of the people and their way of life before it was too late. Now his monumental Indian Gallery can again be seen. The year...

Letters received and sent by Secretary of War Lewis Cass in the 1830s reveal much about relations between the U.S. government and Native Americans. In the immediate aftermath of the Indian Removal Act, signed into law on May 28, 1830, by President Andrew...