Traditionally, Expansion to the West has been portrayed as the "Wild West." The struggles of settlers and their lives on the frontier; images such as blacksmith (horses and wagons), train station, the outlaw and the law. Unfortunately, the "Wild West" simplifies Native Americans as either violent savage or a submissive friend. The one opposed to the Reservations and the one who walk the white man's path. How should Wild West be remembered?

Traditionally, Expansion to the West has been portrayed as the "Wild West." The struggles of settlers and their lives on the frontier; images such as blacksmith (horses and wagons), train station, the outlaw and the law. Unfortunately, the "Wild West" simplifies Native Americans as either violent savage or a submissive friend. The one opposed to the Reservations and the one who walk the white man's path. How should Wild West be remembered?