Lewis and Clark Journey (Continues) The Sioux, Part 7, The Dakota Wars

In the 19th century, a sporadic warfare among Native American populations, including the Northern Plains tribes, increasingly shifted to a more immediate problem - the advance of the United States Army shepherding settlers, miners and explorers across the Indian hunting territories.  The Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapaho were uniting behind leaders like Sitting Bull, Red Cloud, Crazy Horse who found themselves negotiating between and maneuving among hostiles and friendlies in both the red man and paleface camps.   Massacres occurred on both sides.  The tragedy of the complete defeat of the US army’s Federman troops set the American strategy back but also stirred revenge sentiment even more.  The US enlisted native scouts (Pawnees, for instance) to help corner their own native members but mostly of tribes that were their onetime enemies.  George Armstrong Custer enters the picture, who with the Seventh Cavalry joins the fight to dislodge recalcitrant warriors at the Washita River, exacting the typical fatal toll on men, women and children.  (HD, best if viewed on large screens, computer or tv).