Native Nations, Ancient Paths: The True Story of the Oregon Trail

Previously

…Kicking Bear listened, his own thoughts coalescing into a grim certainty. The time for passive observation was drawing to a close. The whispers of unease had become a roar of warning. He looked at his brothers, their faces reflecting his own growing resolve. They could not stand idly by while their world was being irrevocably altered, their sacred lands desecrated. A fierce determination began to solidify within him, a warrior’s instinct to protect what was theirs, to defend the very essence of their existence. The path ahead, he knew, would be fraught with peril, but the alternative – to watch their world crumble into dust – was unthinkable.