Black Hawk War: Misunderstanding to Massacre

Any event involving Native Americans in United States history finds its origin in during the Golden Age of Discovery. The policies, official and unofficial, of colonization practiced by the major European powers set the stage for centuries of future events. Eearly visits to the North American continent by Norse explorers had been temporary and fleeting, and more importantly, the Norse did not introduce new technology and life-ways to the aboriginal population.