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Back to SearchDAKOTA WAR | “The Turning Tide”
Season 39 Episode 4
With Fort Ridgely reinforced, Colonel Henry Sibley sends troops on a burial mission that results in a disastrous ambush. Dakota warriors continue to sweep through the western half of Minnesota, and C…
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago
DAKOTA WAR | “Siege of Fort Ridgely”
Season 39 Episode 3
After defenders at Fort Ridgely and New Ulm survive the first Dakota attacks, they re-fortify and brace for the second attacks. Dakota warriors assault both locations in greater numbers and threaten …
Published on 6 months, 4 weeks ago
DAKOTA WAR | “Assault on Lower Sioux Agency”
Season 39 Episode 2
At dawn on August 18, 1862, hundreds of Dakota warriors launch a surprise attack on the Lower Sioux Agency in southwestern Minnesota. The Dakota are starving, and the traders at the agency are hoardi…
Published on 7 months ago
DAKOTA WAR | “Acton Massacre”
Season 39 Episode 1
On August 17, 1862, four young Dakota men kill five white settlers near the village of Acton Township, Minnesota. The act of violence seems spontaneous, but it is fueled by desperation that had been …
Published on 7 months, 1 week ago
ENCORE: NEZ PERCÉ WAR | “Fight No More Forever”
Season 38 Episode 6
The Nez Percé have performed an extraordinary feat: they have traveled more than 1,300 miles and repelled three American armies in a series of battles and smaller skirmishes. But they are sore and ex…
Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago
ENCORE: NEZ PERCÉ WAR | “The Medicine Line”
Season 38 Episode 5
The Nez Percé escape the Battle of Big Hole and move into Yellowstone National Park. Their options are limited and they choose a treacherous path over a mountain range to try to lose their army pursu…
Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago
ENCORE: NEZ PERCÉ WAR | “Thunder In The Mountains”
Season 38 Episode 4
The Nez Percé are on the run. They cross the Bitterroot Mountains and arrive in Montana. They believe they have left their troubles behind and can start fresh in a new territory. But they soon learn …
Published on 8 months ago
ENCORE: NEZ PERCÉ WAR | “Battle of Clearwater”
Season 38 Episode 3
A few days after the Battle of White Bird Canyon, an army unit attacks a Nez Percé village. After the fight, the army unit becomes trapped at an abandoned ranch by the advancing Nez Percé column. The…
Published on 8 months, 1 week ago
ENCORE: NEZ PERCÉ WAR | “A Hornet’s Nest”
Season 38 Episode 2
In the summer of 1876, the murder of a Nez Percé man nearly starts the war. The following summer, a series of attacks by the Nez Percé against settlers who had invaded their homeland pushes the confl…
Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago
ENCORE: NEZ PERCÉ WAR | “50 Years of Peace”
Season 38 Episode 1
For about 50 years, there was relative peace in the U.S. and the Nez Percé. There were outbreaks of violence, like the Whitman Massacre, but not the continual warfare that existed between the U.S. ar…
Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago