The bones of the Natchez warriorss could be seen there years afterwards at Lake Sang pour Sang — "Blood for Blood."

Fort Sill represents the Old West and flourishes as the last remaining, active military post that was built during the Indian wars.

A 1721 map places the Yattassee village (spelled Yatachez) on the eastern side of the Red River.

Establishing the Chickasaw Nation along the Red River proved to be a long ordeal.

The Shawnees were originally from the Ohio River, not the Red River.

The Kiowas of the Oklahoma Plains created a unique horse and buffalo hunting culture.

One of the more fascinating cultures of the original Red River Valley people are the Tonkawas, a very distinct Texas tribe.

The academies established by the Choctaws and Chickasaws in Indian Territory were mission schools.

The Osage Nation claims to have held territory from the Ohio to the Red River Valley of the South.

The Comancheria — the Comanche Empire — became a formidable force for both the Europeans and Anglo American colonizers.

The Choctaw Nation was the first of the "five civilized tribes" to face removal into Indian Territory.

Four major tribes — the Red River Originals — inhabited the Red River Valley of the Southwest before and during European invasion.

The Wichitas were the people of the Cross Timbers.

The original homelands of the Caddos consist of the Red River Valley from southeastern Oklahoma to Natchitoches, Louisiana.

Fort Los Adaes near Robeline, Louisiana was once the capital of Spanish Texas.

By the late 1830s, Boggy Depot centered the Choctaw/ Chickasaw Nation.

Spanish Fort in Montague County, Texas was originally a Taovayan village that spanned the Red River.

Annotated editorial from the Chicago Tribune to provide some context about slavery in the Choctaw Nation.

The Natchez settlement that was destroyed by French troops and Choctaw, Houma, and Tunica allies in the early 1730s.

Colony, Washita County, Oklahoma was home to Seeger Indian Industrial School and the Dutch Reformed Church mission.