Videos

A panel of historians discussed controversial monuments in the West. Topics included 19th century statues and plaques in the American West that honor missionaries, early settlers, and U.S. m…

A panel of historians discussed the ways white settlers, federal troops, and Native Americans interacted and challenges these groups faced on the Western Frontier. Topics included gender ide…

A panel of historians discussed the treatment of Native Americans in the West during the Civil War Era. Topics included the Dakota War of 1862 and the mass hanging of 38 Dakota men, land pol…

Western History Association president Donald Fixico described current areas of study for western historians and how the field of Native American history has changed over the past decade. He …

University of Texas at Austin history Professor Erika Bsumek talked about land use and water access on the Colorado Plateau, highlighting the differences between Navajo and Mormon settlers i…

Professor Tai Edwards talked about the history of the Native American Osage tribe. She spoke about why the tribe was moved from their ancestral lands in modern-day Missouri, and why its remo…