Cowboys were pretty diverse and idk how much the occupation itself was behind the expulsion of Native Americans. The white cowboy fighting Indians probably came out of a revisionist mythology of the old west and golden age of Hollywood.
Book recommendation is The Great Cowboy Strike: Bullets, Ballots & Class Conflicts in the American West by Mark A. Lause. Goes over how cowboys were often exploited and lower classes, and successfully organized strikes.
Cowboys were pretty diverse and idk how much the occupation itself was behind the expulsion of Native Americans. The white cowboy fighting Indians probably came out of a revisionist mythology of the old west and golden age of Hollywood.
Book recommendation is The Great Cowboy Strike: Bullets, Ballots & Class Conflicts in the American West by Mark A. Lause. Goes over how cowboys were often exploited and lower classes, and successfully organized strikes.
Also check out Black Cowboys of the Old West: True, Sensational, and Little-Known Stories from History by Tricia Martineau Wagner
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you sure that wasn't the military?
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just ordered this book today from verso pog
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