Wild West: War Comes To The Plains

Record ID: 122051
  • Title: Wild West: War Comes To The Plains
  • Date: 15th May 1995
  • Summary: EPISODE TWO : WAR COMES TO THE PLAINS - 1862 - 1865 YEAR AFTER YEAR, FRICTION BETWEEN NATIVE AMERICANS AND WHITES INCREASED. BEHIND THE IMPENDING CONFLICT WERE TWO RADICALLY DIFFERENT OUTLOOKS TOWARDS THE LAND. CONFRONTING A PROPOSAL WHO REFUSED TO BELIEVE THAT LAND COULD BE OWNED, WHITE LEADERS NEVERTHELESS PRESSED INDIANS TO SIGN TREATIES CEDING LASRGE TRACTS OF TERRITORY. THIS PRESSURE WOULD LEAD TO A LONG AND BITTER WAR ; ONE THAT BEGAN WITH THE BLOODY UPRISING OF THE SANTEE DAKATO SIOUX IN MINNESOTA IN 1862, AND, TWO YEARS LATER, THE MASSACRE AT SAND CREEK, COLORADO.
  • 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 2
  • Transmission Date:15/05/1995
  • Rights:On Request
  • Decade: 1990s
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