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Kevin Costner's The West is a education/science/factual topics series airing on UK television.
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Kevin Costner's The WestAn epic journey through the birth of the American West, examining the relentless competition for land, power, and identity that forged a nation's history, spanning a century of pivotal events. The host reflects on late 18th-century war leader Chief Little Turtle's battle to resist American expansion into the Northwest Territory. This represented a struggle for sovereignty and survival for the Native American tribes during a time of great change. The stakes were high as Chief Little Turtle rallied his people, showcasing their bravery and determination
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Friday 2 January
Hunter and explorer John Colter, who was one of the first Americans to explore the West. He later entered the booming fur trade
The lives of Protestant missionaries Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, who sought to spread their Christian faith and bring their way of life to the Cayuse people
How the abduction of nine-year-old Cynthia Ann Parker triggered a series of increasingly deadly confrontations between her Comanche captors and the newly independent Texas
How, in Gold Rush California, Mexican immigrant Joaquin Murrieta formed a gang of outlaws that spread terror across the newly formed state
The issue of slavery in the US. When Kansas became a battleground in the national debate, settlers on both sides of the issue poured into the territory to determine its future
The 1866 Fetterman Fight, aka the Fetterman Massacre, when a group of infantry, cavalry and civilians was wiped out by Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes
How, in the fertile expanse of Northern Wyoming, small-time ranchers, led by Nate Champion, united to protect their rights to graze cattle on the open range
Saturday 3 January
How, in Gold Rush California, Mexican immigrant Joaquin Murrieta formed a gang of outlaws that spread terror across the newly formed state
The issue of slavery in the US. When Kansas became a battleground in the national debate, settlers on both sides of the issue poured into the territory to determine its future
The 1866 Fetterman Fight, aka the Fetterman Massacre, when a group of infantry, cavalry and civilians was wiped out by Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes
How, in the fertile expanse of Northern Wyoming, small-time ranchers, led by Nate Champion, united to protect their rights to graze cattle on the open range