Mountain men roamed the wilds alone or in small groups, becoming skilled in survival, exploration, and trading furs with Native American tribes. With the 1803 Louisiana Purchase from France ...

The Sioux have never had much luck dealing with white men. In the Treaty of 1868 ... when he said he favored a humane course to bring Native Americans "under the benign influences of education ...

although young men could not always be controlled. Periodic sightings of Native Americans, skirmishes, and livestock raids persuaded chief engineer Dodge that the railroad needed serious protecting.

The Newberry is home to one of the strongest collections of Native American archival materials ... The triangle represents a mountain, a prominent symbol for the Piikani people who are originally ...