The Arikara War: The First Plains Indian War, 1823 - Nester, William R.

The Arikara War: The First Plains Indian War, 1823 by Nester, William R.

Format: Paperback

Published by Mountain Pr, 2001

A comprehensive historical account of the first major military conflict between the United States Army and a Native American tribe on the Great Plains. Examines the brief, violent, and highly consequential conflict between the United States and the Arikara nation along the Upper Missouri River. Author William R. Nester uses this specific frontier clash to illustrate a much larger historical shift: the moment the U.S. government transitioned from treating Native nations as sovereign trading partners to treating them as obstacles to westward expansion.

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