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By 1876, most of the nation's American Indians had been forcibly relocated to reservation land. In the Dakota Territory, Red Cloud had settled his people on the great Sioux Reservation, becoming wards of the government. Other Sioux leaders saw this as defeat and continued to live in the traditional way, with legendary resistance. Then an economic depression struck, and gold was discovered in the Black Hills--on Sioux land. In this film, the lives...
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"Appointed peace commissioner by President Grant, Indian fighter Johnny McKay is sent to the south Oregon border to deal with the renegade Modoc Indian chief, Captain Jack. A warrior who honors no treaties, Jack is determined to drive out the settlers, a decision that leads to ambushes, massacres and Johnny's new orders: bring in the Captain, dead or alive. [It is] inspired by the Modoc War of 1872-1873, and based on historical fact"--Container.
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"Set among the splendor of the Rocky Mountains in 1880, The Grant Conspiracy takes you to a Colorado mining town being torn apart by an evil law firm out for revenge for Black Friday. Frost and Hancock are ex-Confederates who, with the help of their henchmen, are plotting the assassination of former president Ulysses S. Grant. But they're not angry over the war; rather, their hatred comes from pure greed. They lost their fortunes when Grant dumped...
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OF DISC 1: A Civil War simulation on CD-ROM. The user begins as a lowly private and (with effort) works his/her way up the ranks to General by choosing one of the four games: Climb The Ranks ; Poor Man's Battle ; Officers Ride Horses ; or Rich Man's War. You, the user, can alter the course of history with this educational computer game.
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"As controversial in politics as he was in the military, Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) was an embattled president, enormously popular with the American people, yet the target of unrelenting censure by political enemies. For the first time in almost a century, this book by the distinguished historian Charles W. Calhoun examines Grant's administration in depth, offering a fresh look at the 18th president's policies and actions during his two terms in...
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