The American West 07 - Little Bighorn and Beyond (1876-1890) - from

An exploration of how the West was won, and lost, told through the memories of the Lakota holy man Black Elk. (9 mins) The clash between Native and White America is a story of betrayal and broken promises. In 1876, the conflict reached its climax at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Black Elk describes his part in the battle as a 13-year-old warrior - and he describes the tragic years that followed, when the Native Americans found themselves hemmed into the reservations, and “the nation’s hoop was broken“.