Chiefs

In the years following the Civil War, a hard-fought Sioux resistance to western expansion, led by the warrior Sitting Bull, seemed to have accomplished the impossible: a treaty in which the United States gave the Sioux control of their territory. However, the potential to harvest the riches of the western plains, especially gold, soon proved more important to the U.S. than honoring their treaty.

In the years following the Civil War, a hard-fought Sioux resistance to western expansion, led by the warrior Sitting Bull, seemed to have accomplished the impossible: a treaty in which the United States gave the Sioux control of their territory. However, the potential to harvest the riches of the western plains, especially gold, soon proved more important to the U.S. than honoring their treaty.

Interviews with Black Hawk's descendants.

The story of the great Native chief, Pontiac, of the Ottawa tribe.

Joseph Brant, or Thayendanegea, was an 18th century Mohawk political and military leader based in what is now New York. He met famous figures such as King George III and George Washington.

Plains Cree leader Poundmaker's early days on the plains, and the Regina trial of 1885.