Woody Guthrie is among the most important folk artists of all time, but the American songwriter was rarely rewarded for his tireless work with payment.

The situation looked bleak. A total of 153 men had been ambushed by 200 Dakota warriors while in camp at a place called Birch Coulee. Terrified for their lives, they clung ...

Grant signed an Executive Order establishing the Colville Indian Reservation along the Columbia River, where Native ... into the construction of the Grand Coulee Dam, the reservoir behind the ...

How the Grand Coulee Dam and Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake generate clean hydroelectric power for 2 million homes, fueling ...

Frank A. Banks, chief construction engineer of Grand Coulee Dam, was considered the man who "put the Columbia River to work," according to newspaper accounts. He was from New England and heard ...