The Role of Native Americans in Military Engagements From the 17th Century to the 19th Century - Paperbackby Karen L. T. Ackermann (Editor) From the landings of the first European colonists to 19th century histories to 1950s film westerns, Native Americans have been portrayed with unquestioned prejudice and ugly bias. It would not be until the 1970s that history scholars would begin to seriously demand a change in how Native Americans were viewed and their lifeways studied. The search for a full understanding of North America's numerous groups of native