Name: The Great Indian Wars
Genre: Documentary, War & Politics
Released: 2009-08-25

The Great Indian Wars

2009Returning Series1 season5 episodes

The year 1540 was a crucial turning point in American history. The Great Indian Wars were incited by Francisco Vazquez de Coronado when his expedition to the Great Plains launched the inevitable 350-year struggle between the white man and the American Indians. From that point forward, the series of battles between the military and civilian forces of the United States and the native American Indians began when blood was shed and ultimately tens of thousands of lives were lost on both sides. The Battle of Tippicanoe, the Battle of Horseshoe Band, all three Seminole Wars and the Battle of Little Big Horn were some of the most important conflicts that led up to the last massacre, the Battle of Wounded Knee, where America's landscape would be forever changed!

Status

Episodes

1. The Indians

2009-08-25

Early Indians, Buffalo & Horse, Rise of the Horse Culture, Kiowa, Comanche, Arapahoe, Cheyenne, Sioux, Home, Clothing, Social Structure, Religion

2. The Cavalry

2009-09-01

Dragoons, Protecting the Trails, Fort Laramie, The Laramie Treaty, Santa Fe Trail, Kit Carson & the Navajo ,Search & Destroy, Buffalo Soldiers, Victory

3. The Indian Warrior

2009-09-08

Early Indian Conflicts, Later Indian Conflicts, Becoming an Indian Warrior, Indian Weapons, Minnesota Massacre, Sand Creek Massacre

4. Battle for the Northern Plains

2009-09-15

The Northern Plains, The chiefs, 1985 Winter Offensive, Red Cloud's War, Chief Roman Nose and the Cheyenne Twilight, Little Big Horn, Wounded Knee

5. Battle for the Southern Plains

2009-09-22

The Southern Plains & The Comanche, Council House Fight and the Texas Rangers, Chief Buffalo Hump's War, First Battle of Adobe Walls & the Kiowa Chiefs, The Red River War, The Desert Southwest, Cochise & the Apache Guerillas, Geronimo