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 ...

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!

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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!