Wild West: The War For The Black Hills

Record ID: 122049
  • Title: Wild West: The War For The Black Hills
  • Date: 29th May 1995
  • Summary: EPISODE FOUR : THE WAR FOR THE BLACK HILLS - 1869 - 1876 WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE FIRST TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD, THE BATTLE FOR CONTROL OF THE WEST BECAME A STRUGGLE FOR THE SOUL OF THE CONTINENT. NATIVE AMERICAN LEADERS DUG IN THEIR HEELS - DETERMINED AT ALL COSTS TO HOLD ONTO THEIR WAY OF LIFE. MEANWHILE, RECKLESS OVERBUILDING ON A SECOND TRANSCONTINENTAL LINE, THE NORTHERN PACIFIC, CAUSED THE COLLAPSE OF THE ENTIRE NATIONAL BANKING SYSTEM. GOVT. PROSPECTORS WERE SENT INTO THE SIOUX'S MOST SACRED LAND, THE BLACK HILLS, AFTER GOLD - SEIZING LAND PREVIOUSLY PLEDGED TO NATIVE AMERICANS. BY 1876, THE STAGE WAS SET FOR A CATACLYSMIC SHOWDOWN BETWEEN THE TRIBES OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND THE U.S. ARMY.
  • Description:AS A FOLLOW-UP TO THE CIVIL WAR RIC BURNS TELLS THE STORY OF THE WILD WEST.
  • Broadcaster:Channel 4
  • Collection: Channel 4
  • Genre:Documentary and Factual
  • Producer:WGBH
  • Programme Episode:Episode 4
  • Transmission Date:29/05/1995
  • Rights:On Request
  • Decade: 1990s
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