few people moved west to try to settle on the Great Plains. The poor soil and harsh climate discouraged them - along with the fact that the Plains were officially Indian territory - land was ...

Her family’s land and home were foreclosed upon ... she is here — when she draws on her deep connection with the Great Plains and its Indigenous people. She herself is a member of the Turtle ...

The great beast, which had sustained ... of life slip away as the white man moved onto the land. In a short time, the once mighty Plains Indians languished on reserves, battling starvation ...

In the 19th century, over 250,000 Native Americans lived in the Great Plains -- between the Mississippi ... were attempting to remain on the land they had occupied for centuries.