Frontier Valor: The Medal of Honor on the Northern Plains

Soldiers of the U.S. Army on the Northern Plains were awarded the Medal of Honor 133 times during the years of the Indian War Period. The book looks at the battles, actions by the Medal of Honor recipients and biographical information on these men. The Indian Wars on the Northern Plains largely involved the Sioux, more properly known as the Lakota, Dakota or Nakota peoples, the Nez Perce, Northern Cheyenne, Chippewa and other Native tribes. The conflict between the U.S. Army and the Native ...