Lewis and Clark and, 167
New Echota Treaty and, 143
removal and, 152
treaties and, 68
US Civil War and, 162
US Indian Peace Commission and, 187
Walla Walla conference and, 178
wampum and, 27, 64
Wool, John, 148
Worcester, Samuel, 129, 134, 154
Worcester v. Georgia (1832), 134
words, power of, 19, 22–25
Wounded Knee, siege of (1973), 239
written treaties, 17, 35–40, 128. see also literacy
Wroth, Lawrence, 8, 14, 23
Wyandots, 32, 69, 96, 109, 116, 156
Wynkoop, Edward, 189, 196
Wyoming, 167, 215, 227. see also treaties of Fort Laramie
Wyoming Valley, 61–62, 75
Yakamas, 177, 178. see also individual Yakamas
Yakama War, 179
Yamparika Comanches, 176, 183, 194, 222, 236
Yanktons, 167. see also Plains Indians; Sioux
Yellow Bear (Arapaho), 191
Yellow Wolf (Nez Perce), 227
Yellow Woman (Bent) (Cheyenne), 184
Zacharias (Delaware), 62
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