The Great Indian Wars

2009
Returning Series
Documentary · War & Politics
1 season

The year 1540 was a crucial turning point in American history. The Great Indian Wars were incited by Francisco Vazquez de Coronado when his expedition to the Great Plains launched the inevitable 350-year struggle between the white man and the American Indians. From that point forward, the series of battles between the military and civilian forces of the United States and the native American Indians began when blood was shed and ultimately tens of thousands of lives were lost on both sides. The Battle of Tippicanoe, the Battle of Horseshoe Band, all three Seminole Wars and the Battle of Little Big Horn were some of the most important conflicts that led up to the last massacre, the Battle of Wounded Knee, where America's landscape would be forever changed!

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E1. The Indians
Aug 25, 2009
Early Indians, Buffalo & Horse, Rise of the Horse Culture, Kiowa, Comanche, Arapahoe, Cheyenne, Sioux, Home, Clothing, Social Structure, Religion
E2. The Cavalry
Sep 1, 2009
Dragoons, Protecting the Trails, Fort Laramie, The Laramie Treaty, Santa Fe Trail, Kit Carson & the Navajo ,Search & Destroy, Buffalo Soldiers, Victory
E3. The Indian Warrior
Sep 8, 2009
Early Indian Conflicts, Later Indian Conflicts, Becoming an Indian Warrior, Indian Weapons, Minnesota Massacre, Sand Creek Massacre
E4. Battle for the Northern Plains
Sep 15, 2009
The Northern Plains, The chiefs, 1985 Winter Offensive, Red Cloud's War, Chief Roman Nose and the Cheyenne Twilight, Little Big Horn, Wounded Knee
E5. Battle for the Southern Plains
Sep 22, 2009
The Southern Plains & The Comanche, Council House Fight and the Texas Rangers, Chief Buffalo Hump's War, First Battle of Adobe Walls & the Kiowa Chiefs, The Red River War, The Desert Southwest, Cochise & the Apache Guerillas, Geronimo