A fantastic series by Ken Burns and Steven Ives which explores the West through the writings of New Western Historians such as Patty Limerick and Richard White. If you have the time this is a brilliant watch from start to finish!! If not, I have put a guide on so you can pick specific parts which might be useful. There is an accompanying website which you will find HERE too.

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Absolutely fantastic programme but bear in mind there is a PARENTAL ADVISORY with this one. Some of the language is a bit strong but Rich raises some excellent points. Click the break if you are over 16 and want to view.

Comedian Rich Hall goes in search of the real American Indian, a people who have too often been stereotyped. This image portrayed through cinema and literature is not a true representation of the Native American, giving Rich the opportunity to redress the balance.

With the help of Native American, Dallas Goldtooth, Rich explores a different idea of what the American Indian is and what life is like for them today. He not only questions the screen image of the 'savage Indian' in films such as Soldier Blue, Stagecoach and A Man Called Horse, but looks at the written one, through literature such as The Last of the Mohicans, Black Elk Speaks and Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee.

I have attached a copy of the latest newsletter from the Western Historical Association. Some great little articles in this quarter including:

• All Quiet on the Turner Front
  
• More than Just a Prize: The Civil War and the West  
  
• Admission of Nevada Territory  
  
• Reconstituting the Center of the United States: The Creation of Colorado Territory in 1861 
  

Mr F

A six part BBC documentary on the Battle of the Little Bighorn is available on Youtube. The First part is below and other parts can be found by following the link here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf9U5EJXDis&feature=related