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How Many People Died During the Indian Wars?
How many people died during the Indian Wars? Paul Gortarez Phoenix, Arizona Considering the isolated skirmishes and unre…
The Real Ned Christie Review of Devon Abbott Mihesuah's Ned Christie: The Creation of an Outlaw and Cherokee Hero.
A victim of the fake news of his time, “outlaw” Ned Christie now has a biographer who separates the known facts of his l…
The Power of a Book Ramona changed Americans’ opinions of Native Americans.
Author Helen Hunt Jackson wanted the public to better understand the plight of Native Americans—much as Harriet Beecher …
Custer and Hostages The different rules of conduct that worked—until the Battle of the Little Big Horn.
In December 1868, George Armstrong Custer peered down at a beautiful, freckle- faced white woman frozen in the snow. Cla…
Studio Props? Geronimo-Chatto photos spark controversy.
Our February issue sharing how history should view Chatto, in John Sandifer’s “Apache Traitor or Hero?” article, has spa…
Hostiles is Deeply Felt This Western didn’t get an Oscar nod, but has gotten the attention of critics and movie fans.
Hostiles is a deeply felt story, peopled by soldiers, American Indians and civilians who express their feelings with utm…
A Treaty Goes Up in Smoke The 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie was violated almost as soon as the ink dried.
For two long years, starting in 1866, the U.S. Army tried to build and maintain forts in the Powder River Country in pre…
Heart Gone Wild Did Olive Oatman want to be rescued?
In 1857, Olive Oatman’s ghostwriter said this about her life story: “Much of that dreadful period is unwritten, and will…
The Oatman Massacre The Oatman Family vs Yavapai Raiders
Roys Oatman and his family have just finished hauling their belongings up a rocky grade to a bluff on the south side of …