As American settlement in the West increased in volume, tensions between the US government and Indigenous peoples rose as well. One by one, as the US population moved east, tribes were pulled into conflicts with settlers and the US military. Genocide ensued. Indigenous peoples were killed, jailed, and placed on reservations, usually far from their original homelands. One of the last tribes to be subdued was the Nez Perce, living in the mountains…
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