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1. 07

   S01E07 · April 28, 1995

   Roads Across The Plains: Struggle For The West

   The twin gold rushes in California and Colorado bring hordes of settlers into the Western Territories where such Native American leaders as Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull and the Kiowa chief Satanta organize futile resistance.

2. 08

   S01E08 · April 28, 1995

   Attack On Culture: 'I Will Fight No More Forever'

   The Indian resistance of the late 19th-century is examined, including Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce, the Apache leader Cochise and Geronimo, who surrenders and is imprisoned into the 20th-century. The government-mandated suppression of Native American culture culminates in the massacre at Wounded Knee, bringing the series full circle.

3. 05

   S01E05 · April 27, 1995

   Cauldron Of War: Iroquois Democracy And The American Revolution

   Hostilities between Native Americans and European settlers erupt across the eastern part of the continent as the colonists prepare for revolution. Pontiac's siege of Detroit and the splintering of the Iroqois Confederacy are examined.