Black Hawk: The Battle for the Heart of America

This stirring chronicle of the 1832 Black Hawk War examines the forces struggling for control over the American frontier.

The Sauk Nation once occupied one of North America's largest and most prosperous Indian settlements. The hundreds of acres along the Mississippi River were the envy of white Americans who had already begun to encroach upon the rich Indian land. When the conflicts between natives and white squatters turned violent, the Sauks were forced to permanently evacuate the east si...