
The Indian Frontier of the American West, 1846-1890
1984
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Looks at the various conflicts between white settlers and Native American tribes during the period of Western expansion
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Robert M. Utley
Author · 24 books
A specialist in Native American history and the history of the American West, Robert Marshall Utley was a former chief historian of the National Park Service. He earned a Bachelor of Science in history from Purdue University in 1951, and an Master of Arts in history from Indiana University in 1952. Utley served as Regional Historian of the Southwest Region of the NPS in Santa Fe from 1957 to 1964, and as Chief Historian in Washington, D.C. from 1964 until his retirement in 1980.