How the West Was Lost
How the West Was Lost

How the West Was Lost

1993 2 Seasons 13 Episodes ⭐ 0.0 Documentary

The history of 19th-century America is the story of struggles between settlers moving west and Native Americans trying to hold on to their ancestral territories. The clash between lifestyles and land rights forged a new land and unified an American culture, but in the process a venerable way of life was destroyed. Follow the Cherokee, Dakota, Lakota, and Nez Perc as they fight to keep their homelands.

The history of 19th-century America is the story of struggles between settlers moving west and Native Americans trying to hold on to their ancestral territories. The clash between lifestyles and land rights forged a new land and unified an American culture, but in the process a venerable way of life was destroyed. Follow the Cherokee, Dakota, Lakota, and Nez Perc as they fight to keep their homelands.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

A Clash of Cultures

This episode relives the Long Walk of 2,400 Navajos from their home in Canyon de Chelly to the Bosque Redondo in Eastern

EP 2

I Will Fight No More, Forever

This episode follows the 1,600-mile path taken by the Nez Perce 114 years ago, as they fought 13 battles with the United

EP 3

Always the Enemy

This is the story of Geronimo and Victorio, two Apache leaders who repeatedly struck out against, and were victorious ov

EP 4

The Only Good Indian, is a Dead Indian

No Native American tribes suffered more than the Cheyenne and the Arapaho when Union soldiers from the Civil War spilled

EP 5

A Good Day to Die

The 1865 Montana gold rush pitted white prospectors against Lakotas of the Great Sioux Nation, and Northern Cheyenne, wh

EP 6

Kill the Indian, Save the Man

This episode tells the story of the final battles for Indian land - the battle at Wounded Knee. Within a year of the Ind

EP 1

Divided We Fall

This episode traces the rise and fall of the Iroquois confederation. Long before the Europeans arrived, Iroquois nations

EP 2

The Trail of Tears

George Washington protected Cherokee land, but under Adams and Jefferson they are forced to give up land in 25 different

EP 3

Let them Eat Grass

The Dakotas ("friend") thrived in what is today Minnesota until American settlers began to convert the area to farmland.

EP 4

The Utes Must Go!

In 1873, Chief Ouray and the Utes yielded four million acres to white gold miners. Still the miners were dissatisfied an

EP 5

The Unconquered

Spaniards were established in what is now Florida when the Americans forced them out in 1819 and inherited the Indian "p

EP 6

Death Will Come Soon Enough

When the small Indian nation of Modoc were forced to live on a reservation with the larger and more powerful nation of K

EP 7

As Long As the Grass Shall Grow

Though the fledgling United States tried to respect Indian rights, the country couldn't restrain settlers' impulses to b

Popular Cast

Peter Thomas
Peter Thomas
Narrator (voice)