Poster of Cast and Crew in American Experience - The Way West (4): Ghost Dance (1877-1893) (Season 7 - Episode 15) - The Way West (4): Ghost Dance (1877-1893)

American Experience - Season 7 - The Way West (4): Ghost Dance (1877-1893) (Episode 15)

Plot: A six-hour documentary of how the West was lost and won, from the time of the Gold Rush in 1848 until after the last gasp of the Indian Wars at Wounded Knee in 1893, when the West was settled, subdued, exploited and incorporated into the American empire. Lakotas, Cheyennes, Kiowas, Poncas, Apaches, Nez Perces and Utes fought back, then watched as everything they had was taken from them, their way of life all but destroyed
Episode Aired On:
Wednesday, May 17 1995
30 years ago
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