Montana Battlefields, 1806-1877: Native Americans and the U.S. Army at War

Montana's era of "Indian Wars" consisted of nearly a century of skirmishes, battles, and large-scale wars between the U.S. military and native nations, including Blackfeet, Sioux, Northern Cheyennes, Arapahos, Gros Ventres, and Nez Perces -- and the army's Crow and Shoshone allies. These battlegrounds remain today, a testament to the clash of cultures that defined the region in the nineteenth century.

Author Barbara Fifer takes readers on a historic journey to the solemn sites of Montana's m...