The Song of the Indian Wars

The Song of the Indian Wars deals with the last great fight for the bison pastures of the Plains between the westering white men and the prairie tribes—the struggle for…

The Fort Laramie Conference dealing with the rights to the Bozeman Trail with the US Army and the Plains Tribes continues.    

      Red Cloud call for a Council on the Powder River.  

      This lecture takes place near Ft Phil Kearney in 1866, while white men are cutting trees to build the fort.  

      This Lecture covers the Wagon Boxes Fight that occurred near Ft Phil Kearney on August 2, 1867.  

      Events leading up to the Beecher Island Fight and the beginnings of the battle; which was September 17, 1868. The Beecher Island fight was about a year…

      This lecture deals with The Beecher Island fight that occurred September 17, 1868 in northeastern Colorado and Death of Roman Nose in that battle.  

      The Yellow God – The discovery of gold in the Black Hills, causing the breaking of the treaty by the whites.  

      This Lecture is about June 1876, when the Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapahoe begin gathering to protect themselves from the whites and the Union Soldiers.  

      This lesson visits the Custer Fight and events surrounding it.  

      The Song of the Indian Wars ends in this lecture with the death of Crazy Horse.