The American West

from History 132 Hosted by David Hoogland Noon

Give me a home, where the buffalo roam are driven into pens and shot. After a bizarre story about Andrew Jackson, we deal with the mythology of "the West" and some of its less pleasing realities, particularly for various Indian groups.

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