DAKOTA WAR Ep. 5 | “Judgment Day”
The Dakota War is done, but the conflict isn’t finished. Colonel Henry Sibley convenes a military commission to pass judgment on 400 Dakota warriors. The commission performs hasty trials and sentences...
12 Feb 202530min
DAKOTA WAR Ep. 4 | “The Turning Tide”
With Fort Ridgely reinforced, Colonel Henry Sibley sends troops on a burial mission that results in a disastrous ambush. Dakota warriors continue to sweep through the western half of Minnesota, and Co...
5 Feb 202533min
DAKOTA WAR Ep. 3 | “Siege of Fort Ridgely”
After defenders at Fort Ridgely and New Ulm survive the first Dakota attacks, they re-fortify and brace for the second attacks. Dakota warriors assault both locations in greater numbers and threaten t...
29 Jan 202533min
DAKOTA WAR Ep. 2 | “Assault on Lower Sioux Agency”
At dawn on August 18, 1862, hundreds of Dakota warriors launch a surprise attack on the Lower Sioux Agency in southwestern Minnesota. The Dakota are starving, and the traders at the agency are hoardin...
22 Jan 202533min
DAKOTA WAR Ep. 1 | “Acton Massacre”
On August 17, 1862, four young Dakota men kill five white settlers near the village of Acton Township, Minnesota. The act of violence seems spontaneous, but it is fueled by desperation that had been b...
15 Jan 202532min
ENCORE: NEZ PERCÉ WAR Ep. 6 | “Fight No More Forever”
The Nez Percé have performed an extraordinary feat: they have traveled more than 1,300 miles and repelled three American armies in a series of battles and smaller skirmishes. But they are sore and exh...
8 Jan 202536min
ENCORE: NEZ PERCÉ WAR Ep. 5 | “The Medicine Line”
The Nez Percé escape the Battle of Big Hole and move into Yellowstone National Park. Their options are limited and they choose a treacherous path over a mountain range to try to lose their army pursue...
1 Jan 202531min
ENCORE: NEZ PERCÉ WAR Ep. 4 | “Thunder In The Mountains”
The Nez Percé are on the run. They cross the Bitterroot Mountains and arrive in Montana. They believe they have left their troubles behind and can start fresh in a new territory. But they soon learn t...
25 Dec 202432min
