January 1, 1970 • 45m
This episode traces the rise and fall of the Iroquois confederation. Long before the Europeans arrived, Iroquois nations engaged i...Read more
January 1, 1970 • 45m
George Washington protected Cherokee land, but under Adams and Jefferson they are forced to give up land in 25 different cessions....Read more
January 1, 1970 • 45m
The Dakotas ("friend") thrived in what is today Minnesota until American settlers began to convert the area to farmland. By the 18...Read more
January 1, 1970 • 45m
In 1873, Chief Ouray and the Utes yielded four million acres to white gold miners. Still the miners were dissatisfied and in 1876,...Read more
January 1, 1970 • 45m
Spaniards were established in what is now Florida when the Americans forced them out in 1819 and inherited the Indian "problem" th...Read more
January 1, 1970 • 45m
When the small Indian nation of Modoc were forced to live on a reservation with the larger and more powerful nation of Klamath, th...Read more
May 21, 1995 • 45m
Though the fledgling United States tried to respect Indian rights, the country couldn't restrain settlers' impulses to be "fruitfu...Read more