buffalo bill cody, another great example. - yeah, buffalo bill cody is a great character and he's one of several people or characters in this book who, if i wrote operas i could write an opera about. - [evan] right. - he was extraordinary because as a young man, this actual scout, pony express rider, fighter of indians, soldier, medal of honor winner at 26 or something, he has turned into kind of a fictional version of himself by pulp novel writer slash journalists from the east, and he goes with that. - and he embraces it, right. - then for several years, he spends half his year going on stage playing buffalo bill, this name that he was given by a journalist and then back in the west actually killing indians. - so unlike washington, around whom the fake news myth arose. - correct. - buffalo bill actually was the propagater. - and such an american pioneer in that sense of merging of show business and reality. - so i jump ahead then to the 20th century and i think about the kennedy assassination, what is the kennedy assassination and all the conspiracies around it, but a hotbed of fant

the wild west showed originating in late 1800s, they started in omaha, nebraska with buffalo bill cody'sshow in 1883. some of the performers were from oklahoma. and they started their own wild west show so we have advertisements for those oklahoma-based shows. this was a poster for the miller brothers 101 branch, a performance in the 1920s or 30s. the item next to it is a souvenir program from poni ville's wild west show, it describes acts, performers who were cowboys or native americans from all over the world. they also used exotic animals in their shows. these were popular in the 1800s and 1900s. probably some nostalgia for some skills that were starting to fade away dealing with the open range, horsemanship, shooting, fighting skills, staged mock battles and the 101 ranch and poni bill showed internationally. to transport employees and livestock and props and so forth all over the country. these were from the miller brothers 101 ranch collection, hundreds of photographs and wild west show. and in the left-hand corner, in the 20s and 30s, and a working ranch. and there were agricultur

hidden in fact they were two of the most famous people in america during the frontier days with buffalo bill cody and the great indian chieftain sitting bull. let's talk about the history of these two men but particularly what is the books connection to standing rock? the last great confrontation of not too long ago between the indian tribes and the white establishment that had taken away their land? sitting bull was assassinated at standing rock and that resonates today in the same place by what happened there in 2016 so what lessons can we learn from the story of these twot men that influences our lives today? >> william cody started the wild west show in 1883 the indian wars were winding down sitting bull and his people fled america and had gone to canada and he was considered a hostile. he and the lakota had the great victory at the little bighorn pastor was killed sitting bull was blamed for it and then became public enemy number one although he didn't pull the trigger so when he returned in the 1880s is people returned because the buffalo were killed off and acadians were under pressure by

they started more in the northern plains in omaha nebraska with buffalo bill cody's show in 1883. some of the performers that participated in his show were from oklahoma and so it wasn't too long after the 1883 show that ranches in oklahoma started their own wild west shows so we had advertisements for those oklahoma-based shows. this one is a poster forthe miller brothers 101 ranch . and it's advertising a performance that was going to be in the 1920s or maybe the early 30s. we don't have an exact date on this poster. but the item next to it is we think a souvenir program from pawnee wild west show. it's a magazine and it describes the area the are not only performers who were cowboys or native americans, but they were fromall over the world . and they also use exotic animalsin their shows . so these were inordinately popular in the late 1800s and in the first couple decades of the 1900s. i think there's probably some nostalgia for some skills that were maybe starting to fade away. such skills having to deal with open range. this is horsemanship, shooting, even writing skills. th

fact, they were two of the most famous people in america in their day, in the frontier days, buffalo bill codynd the great indian chieftain sitting bull. let's talk about, a little bit about the history of these two men, but particularly what's the book's connection to standing rock? the last great confrontation in not too long ago between the indian tribes and the white establishment that had taken away their land? sitting bull lived and with us asaws -- and was assassinated at standing rock, and that resonates today in the same place by what happened there in 2016, the unresolved indian wars. what lessons can we learn from the story of these two men as it influences our lives today? >> well, when cody started the wild west show in 1883, the indian wars were winding down. sitting bull and his people had fled america and gone to canada into the arms of the grandmother, that's what the lakota, that's how the lakota described our giant neighbor to the north. and he was considered a hostile. he and the lakota had had this great victory at the little bighorn. custer had been killed. sitting bull w