Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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The Big Picture
To the Indians, Montana was a homeland that gave them life. To the Europeans, the West was an obstacle to the Pacific Ocean—and a rich source of furs. Different ways of thinking about the land set up a century of conflicts between cultures.

LISTEN TO FIND OUT:
■ What explorers were looking for when they came here
■ How an idea called Manifest Destiny affected the future of this land
■ How the explorers and the locals saw each other
■ How American and European explorations changed life here