History of the Black Hawk War of 1832 resulting in the removal of the Sauk and Fox Indians of Wisconsin and Illinois.

In 1832, facing white expansion, the Sauk warrior Black Hawk attempted to forge a pan-Indian alliance to preserve the homelands of the confederated Sauk and Fox

The Black Hawk War was the final conflict east of the Mississippi River between American Indian communities and the United States regular troops and militia. Ex

Winner of the Barondess/Lincoln Award from The Civil War Round Table of New York “Fascinating reading. . .this book eerily reflects some of today’s key issu

In A Gathering of Rivers, Lucy Eldersveld Murphy traces the histories of Indian, multiracial, and mining communities in the western Great Lakes region during th