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Cowboys and Indians

Plains Folk by Prairie Public Broadcasting

Jun 27, 20264:49Government & Organizations

A half-century ago—actually, a little more than that—I charted my course as a professional historian by choosing to specialize in Western Americana. Keep in mind, I was studying at a western land grant university that ha...

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