American Experience

The Way West (3): The War for the Black Hills (1870-1876)

Directed by Ric Burns
TV-PG
S7 • E14    May 15, 1995    55m
A six-hour documentary of how the West was lost and won, from the time of the Gold Rush in 1848 until after the last gasp of the Indian Wars at Wounded Knee in 1893, when the West was settled, subdued, exploited and incorporated into the American empire. Lakotas, Cheyennes, Kiowas, Poncas, Apaches, Nez Perces and Utes fought back, then watched as everything they had was taken from them, their way of life all but destroyed.

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Cast of The Way West (3): The War for the Black Hills (1870-1876)

  • Russell BakerNarrator (voice)
  • Ric BurnsDirector / Writer

 

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