Frontier of Empire The Osage, U.S. Expansion, and the Conquest of Native America

Frontier of Empire reframes the story of American westward growth by placing the Osage Nation at the center of the national narrative. Long before removal became federal law and long before Oklahoma became synonymous with exile, the Osage stood astride one of the most strategically important regions in North America. Their fate would become inseparable from the ambitions of an emerging republic de...