How the US Civil War Divided Indian Nations

Bryan Pollard is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation and former editor of the Cherokee Phoenix. He is currently the associate director of the Native American Journalists Association and a former John S. Knight Journalism Fellow at Stanford University. Follow him on Twitter @cherokee_editor.&nbsp;

Bryan Pollard

Bryan Pollard is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation and former editor of the Cherokee Phoenix. He is currently the associate director of the Native American Journalists Association and a former John S. Knight Journalism Fellow at Stanford University. Follow him on Twitter @cherokee_editor.&nbsp;

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Native American history spans an array of diverse groups and leaders, including Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse and Tecumseh, and events like the Trail of Tears, the French and Indian War and the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

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The Civil War was America's bloodiest and most divisive conflict, pitting the Union Army against the Confederate States of America. The war resulted in the deaths of more than 620,000 people, with millions more injured and the South left in ruins.

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How the US Civil War Divided Indian Nations