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The U.S. Cavalry and the Indian Wars

2003
Describes the conflicts between Native Americans and European settlers as settlements were established farther and farther west.

Buffalo soldiers and the western frontier

2003
Details the role played by African American soldiers, whom Native Americans called Buffalo Soldiers, in the wars of the nineteenth century.

The frontiersmen

a narrative
2001
Recreates events which actually occurred in the opening up of the Northwest Territory in the period 1700 to 1900 based on written documents.

I will fight no more forever

Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce War
1966
Discusses the ethnohistory and military campaigns of the Nez Perce tribe.

Bury my heart at Wounded Knee

2007
Three men--a Sioux doctor, a Lakota chief, and a senator--face conflicts during the systematic plunder of the American Indians during the second half of the nineteenth century. Includes special features.

Tecumseh, one nation for his people

a historical novel
1993
Describes the life of the courageous leader of the Shawnee Indians who attempted to unite the Indians into one federation to withstand the advancement of white settlers into their land.

American Heritage history of the Indian wars

1982
An account of the Indian wars in North America over a period of 400 years.

Bury my heart at Wounded Knee

an Indian history of the American West
Presents the Native American side to the battles, massacres, and broken treaties in the second half of the nineteenth century.

The Shoshoni frontier and the Bear River massacre

1995
Explores the events leading up to and surrounding the killing of 200 Shoshoni men, women, and children at Bear River in 1883. Discusses how this event impacted relations between Native Americans and the U.S. and traces its modern legacy.

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