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How Expansive Is Oregon Trail History? with Professor Margaret Huettl

Getting Better with Jonathan Van Ness

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The Black Hills and the Treaty of Fort Laramie

How did the activity ong the um, the trail, affect indigenous peoples? We talked a little bit about, like health and well being and some of the outbreaks of, like smallpox. And then you've mentioned a few treaties. The big thing that it did was increase the desire for indigenous land. It increased the pressure on the federal government to negotiate those treaties.

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