Scouting for the Bluecoats: Navajos, Apaches, and the U.S. Military, 1873-1911.

The text reviews three works focused on Indigenous histories and their intersections with U.S. military, political, and settler colonial contexts. One book explores Ho-Chunk political philosophies and kinship relations during the Civil War and Reconstruction, highlighting Indigenous concepts of citizenship tied to land stewardship. Another examines Navajo scouts' roles in U.S. military campaigns from 1873 to 1911, emphasizing their complex position between tribal communities and federal forces, and foregrounding Navajo oral histories to present their perspectives. The third work analyzes death and burial practices along the Overland Trail, arguing that settler burials symbolized territorial appropriation and the transformation of Indigenous lands into American space, while also acknowledging Native resistance through memorialization.