Osage Power, Oil Wealth, and Survival on the Southern Plains
On the tallgrass prairies where the eastern woodlands give way to the Great Plains, the Osage built one of the most powerful nations of the mid-continent. Tall, formidable, and famed
Otomi: The Original Neighbors of the Aztec Capital
Long before Mexico City existed, and even before the Aztec Empire rose to dominate central Mexico, the highland valleys surrounding what is now the nation’s capital were already home to
Pawnee Earth Lodges, Star Priests, and Life on the Central Plains
Along the wide river valleys of Nebraska and Kansas, beneath some of the clearest night skies on the continent, the Pawnee built a civilization unlike any other on the Great
People of Honey and the Kuray, the Story of the Bashkirs of the Urals
The story of the Bashkirs, the Turkic people of the southern Urals, famed for their wild honey and the music of the kuray, from the age of the steppe nomads to the modern Republic of Bashkortostan.
People of the Arid Frontier, the Story of the Baloch
Across the deserts and black mountains where Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan meet, the story of the Baloch: their migration, their language and ballads, their code of honor, and their divided homeland.
People of the Carpet and the Golden Horse, the Story of the Turkmen
An Oghuz Turkic people of the Karakum desert, the Turkmen kept a fierce tribal independence, famed for their deep-red knotted carpets and the golden Akhal-Teke horse.
People of the High Mountains, the Story of the Hazaras of Afghanistan
From the snowbound valleys of the Hazarajat, the story of the Hazaras: their debated origins, their Persian dialect, their Shia faith, their resilience through persecution, and their remarkable hunger for education.
People of the High Mountains, the Story of the Kyrgyz of the Tian Shan
A Turkic mountain people of the Tian Shan, the Kyrgyz built a nomadic culture of horse, yurt, and felt, and keep the Epic of Manas, one of the longest oral poems in the world.
People of the Land of Five Rivers, How the Punjabis Fed a Subcontinent and Danced Across the World
Farmers, soldiers, and founders of the Sikh faith, split by Partition yet united in spirit, the Punjabis carry their warmth and resilience across the globe.
People of the Sacred Lake, the Story of the Buryats
Around the deepest lake on earth lives the largest native people of Siberia. This is the story of the Buryats, a Mongol nation of herders, shamans, and Buddhist monks by the shores of Baikal.
