The Terrifying Collapse of the Plains Native Americans

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The Terrifying Collapse of the Plains Native Americans
The Terrifying Collapse of the Plains Native Americans
As the U.S. government pushes once-powerful tribes like the Comanche and Apache onto reservations, resistance is emerging in the north, led among others by the Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne. This dramatic saga features leaders like Sitting Bull and Red Cloud, warriors like Crazy Horse, and military icons like George Custer. Horrific violence, massacres and expulsions are tragic constants in this story. This was the last harrowing stand of Native Americans on the Great Plains. #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
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A note on terminology:
Where possible, we use names of specific tribes or nations. When addressing larger groups of Native peoples of the American Plains, we occasionally use the term "Indian" because it legally refers to indigenous peoples of the contiguous United States and carries considerable legal weight with regard to treaties between the United States and the American Indians. As such, the term also serves to narrow the scope of this video, which is the plight of the Plains Native Nations in the 19th century facing the U.S. government; the indigenous peoples of the plains further north and their relationship with the Canadian government would be a video for another day. To learn more about this topic, visit the Smithsonian's Museum of the American Indian FAQ section: https://americanindian.si.edu/nk360/faq/did-you-know

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“Interviews and Statements by Chief Henry Oscar One Bull.” University of Oklahoma Libraries, https://digital.libraries.ou.edu/cdm/ref/collection/CampbellWS/id/2903.

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