455. Fall of the Sioux: The Ghost Dance (Part...

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Who was Gaius Marius, one of the two men who would shape the fate of Rome in the first century BC? Why was his road to fame, fortune, and political greatness, from total obscurity, so dangerous? And, would Marius be the man to face down the existential threat facing the empire du ...  Show more

The story of Sitting Bull is inextricably linked to that of his immense, untamed homeland, which he fought to protect and preserve. Sitting Bull was feared as a villain to white settlers, but regarded as a warrior, a shaman, and a hero to his own people. Determined to protect his ...  Show more

📖 Episode Transcripts in Link Below ⬇️ Today, we will be exploring the life of Sitting Bull, a prominent leader and warrior of the Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux who played a significant role in Native American history. https://patreon.com/HistoryinSlowGerman?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&ut ...  Show more

Fort Laramie was once a stockade where European fur traders and Native Americans lived together peacefully. But by the 1850s it became a stop-over along the busy trail of emigrants moving westwards seeking gold and religious utopias. Their effect on the environment increased tens ...  Show more

Buffalo Bill Cody takes his popular Wild West production to Europe for years of tours and performances for royalty and the average fan alike. But as the production experiences unprecedented success abroad, tension builds at home in America between Native American societies and th ...  Show more