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Back to SearchFall of the Sioux: The Massacre at Wounded Knee (Part 3)
Episode 456
"I will bury my heart, at Wounded Knee"
With Native American culture in free fall in the years following their triumph at the Battle of the Little Big…
1 year, 10 months ago
Fall of the Sioux: The Ghost Dance (Part 2)
Episode 455
Following the tragic death of Crazy Horse and the ruthless cessation of the Sioux way of life, the last of the great Native American leaders were gra…
1 year, 10 months ago
Fall of the Sioux: Death of Crazy Horse (Part 1)
Episode 454
Though the Battle of the Little Bighorn seemed for the triumphant Lakota and their allies - the largest gathering of Plains Indians ever assembled - …
1 year, 10 months ago
Custer's Last Stand: The Final Showdown (Part 8)
Episode 453
What happened between the moment that George A. Custer dispatched a trumpeter with his famous final plea for back-up, and the gruesome discovery of h…
1 year, 10 months ago
Custer's Last Stand: The Battle of the Little Bighorn (Part 7)
Episode 452
“You and I are going home today, and by a trail that is strange to us both…”
The Battle of The Little Bighorn is one of the totemic moments of America…
1 year, 10 months ago
Custer's Last Stand: The Charge of the 7th Cavalry (Part 6)
Episode 451
The U.S. was cast into a spiralling panic following the economic depression of 1873, and waves of paramilitary violence swept through the south as th…
1 year, 10 months ago
Custer's Last Stand: Death in the Black Hills (Part 5)
Episode 450
In the wake of the barbaric Washita River massacre, George Custer found himself drifting; addicted to gambling, at odds with his wife, and failing in…
1 year, 10 months ago
Custer vs. Crazy Horse: Rise of Sitting Bull (Part 4)
Episode 449
"What would you do if your home was attacked? You would stand up like a brave man and defend it. That is our story."
Following the bloody Fetterman F…
1 year, 10 months ago
Custer vs. Crazy Horse: Horse-Lords of the Plains (Part 3)
Episode 448
Of all the great characters entangled in the story of George A. Custer and the American Indian Wars, few are as captivating as Crazy Horse. A mighty …
1 year, 11 months ago
Custer vs. Crazy Horse: The Winning of the West (Part 2)
Episode 447
With the American Civil War coming to a close in April 1865, George Custer, cavalry commander in the Union army, and a man of dubious political leani…
1 year, 11 months ago