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The West

Season 1 Episode 7: The Geography of Hope

The colonization of the West is nearing its end, with Native American populations being rapidly relocated to reservations, clearing the way for 4.5 million settlers to stake their claim on the land within a decade.

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 The People

1. The People

Aired: Sep 15, 1996

The European perception of the West was as a vast, uncharted wilderness, ripe...

Episode 4 Death Runs Riot

4. Death Runs Riot

Aired: Sep 18, 1996

The pioneers' journey to start anew in the American West was complicated by t...

Episode 6 Fight No More Forever

6. Fight No More Forever

Aired: Sep 20, 1996

By 1877, the remaining Native American resistance to America's westward expan...

Episode 7 The Geography of Hope

7. The Geography of Hope

Aired: Sep 21, 1996

The colonization of the West is nearing its end, with Native American populat...

Episode 8 Ghost Dance

8. Ghost Dance

Aired: Sep 22, 1996

A clash between settlers seeking land and Native Americans unfolds, as the la...

Episode 9 One Sky Above Us

9. One Sky Above Us

Aired: Sep 23, 1996

The 20th century unfolds in the West, where mining towns evolve into industri...

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Info about The West

Network: PBS

Production Country: United States

Genres:War, Documentary, History

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