History readings

HISTORY READINGS (Author’s name) (Course Name) (Instructor’s Name) (Date) HISTORY READINGS Jeffrey Ostler’s “Indian Warfare in the West, 1861-1890” explores how the Indian Wars are presented in the U.S history survey courses and advocates for a broadened understanding of this era. Textbooks typically include moments like the Battle of Little Birghon and Leaders like Crazy Horse. However, Ostler says many significant conflicts and Native leaders remain obscured. He challenges the traditional framing of the U.S military actions against Native Americans, arguing that these operations constituted a form of “total war” that routinely targeted noncombatants. Ostler demonstrates that what historians have termed “battles” were would-be massacres, saved only by Native Americans’ defensive capability. He also und...