From 1860 to 1890 the United States military engaged in war after war with the indigenous peoples of the West. Although numerous treaties recognized the rights of individual tribes, the U.S. governmen
McDermott presents a biographical account of the life of Oglala Lakota (Sioux) leader Red Cloud, who played a major role in the history of the state of South Dakota during the late-nineteenth to mid-t
Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton PressThe Nez Perce victory at White Bird Canyon boosted their confidence as warriors and made them believe they could prevail in their fight
On August 19, 1854, U.S. Army lieutenant John L. Grattan led a detachment of twenty-nine soldiers and one civilian interpreter to a large Lakota encampment near Fort Laramie to arrest an Indian man ac
