Oct. 18—MIAMI, Okla. — Bill G. Follis, the longest-serving chief of the Modoc Nation, died Friday at Mercy Hospital in Joplin at age 89, his family said. Follis, a lifelong Miami resident, began his ...

Bill Follis laid out three life principles for his grandson. First, be fiscally responsible. Second, be persistent. “The third thing was, you have to learn when to take a risk,” Blake Follis said.

The Modoc Ancestral Run has been taking descendants of Modoc people to native lands of historical and spiritual importance for the past 11 years. This year, for the first time in 150 years, the Modoc ...

This is part 2 of the series on the Modoc War. If you havent already listened to part 1, link below: Captain Jack & the Modoc War | Part 1 - Weve already discussed the Modoc people, a bit of their ...

Outnumbered ten to one, Kintpuash led his people to take a stand against U.S. Army soldiers in 1872 to protect their land. For over a year, the Modocs tenaciously stood their ground in the California ...

Donald Dexter grew up under the watchful gaze of Kaitchkona Winema, his seventh generation ancestor. Her portrait hung in Dexter’s grandparents’ home on the Klamath Indian Reservation, where he was ...

The short film This is Their Land was selected for the 10th Annual Klamath Independent Film Festival 2022 and premiered Saturday (9/17) at the Ross Ragland Theater in Klamath Falls, Oregon. The film ...

With song and prayer, soil and prairie grass, Native American author Cheewa James recently honored the memory of her long-lost great-great uncle. Frank Modoc left his Oklahoma reservation for a Quaker ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The struggle for local Native American tribes of California to hold on to their lands came to a head at Lava Beds National Monument, in 1873.