War, conflict, victory, defeat. These are all aspects of life that some may have to face.

This was true for the various groups of the Sioux tribes. On today's bonus episode from our sister

podcast's Key Battles of American History, join host James Early as he discusses the multiple

wars that took place between 1862 and 1890, collectively called the Sioux Wars.

War has played a key role in the history of the United States, from the nation's founding right down to the present.

War made the U.S. independent, kept it together, increased its size, and established it as a global superpower.

Understanding America's wars is essential for understanding American history.

Welcome to Key Battles of American History, a podcast in which we discuss American

history through the lens of the most important battles of America's wars.

Here is your host, James Early.

Hello and welcome to another special episode of Key Battles of American History.

This is your host, James Early.

As always, this is yet another episode in our series of episodes that have been commissioned by members of Early's Raiders, my Patreon group that supports the podcast.

This particular episode was requested by Major Alex Calabrese, longtime support of the podcast,

and it is on the Sioux Wars, meaning the Indian tribe, the Sioux.

So again, this is a very high-level, 10,000-foot- foot level flyover like I always do. It won't be a very long episode. This is like anything I do, you could do a whole

series on this, but just going to give you the high points. Hopefully that'll wet your appetite

enough to do some more research and reading on your own.

Now, I want to make one thing clear up front. You always have to say this when you talk about

Native Americans. I'm going to use the terms Indians, Native Americans, indigenous peoples,

maybe natives from time to time interchangeably. I'm not placing any value on any of these

terms. I'm not using any of these in a judgmental sense.

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