There was one problem: The Black Hills belonged to the Lakota Indians, the most potent Indian power on the Great Plains ... to Congress and the American people about it. The episode hasn ...

The spread of horses on the Great Plains in 1680 onward gave tribes ... of history will invite misunderstanding. “People hear only ‘Indians were involved, too,’” says Philip Deloria ...

This enormous area of the Great Plains, Southwest ... So, these things are much greater than a human being and Plains Indian people felt this — the enormous power of Nature!

In September 1874, in the panhandle of Texas, the great Comanche equestrian ... and for the first time on the Plains there were rich Indians and poor Indians. Along with that novelty had come ...

Before 1860, few people moved west to try to settle on the Great Plains. The poor soil and harsh climate discouraged them - along with the fact that the Plains were officially Indian territory ...

Erdrich is at her best — as she is here — when she draws on her deep connection with the Great Plains and its Indigenous ... and themes of American Indian deprivation and injustice often ...

This enormous area of the Great Plains, Southwest ... So, these things are much greater than a human being and Plains Indian people felt this — the enormous power of Nature!