@booklet {11346, title = {{\textquotedblleft}Why the U.S. Never Fought the Indians{\textquotedblright}}, howpublished = {The Christian Century}, volume = {93.1}, year = {1976}, month = {January 7-14, 1976}, pages = {9-12}, abstract = {

Alternative history in which, for reasons given in the essay, the Eastern Indian tribes sold land and invested in industry, which meant that there were no wars against the Indians. There were wars by the Eastern Indians against the Western Indians as the former built railroads across the lands of the latter.

}, keywords = {Male author, Native American author}, issn = {0009-5281}, author = {Vine Deloria Jr. (b. 1933)} }