Includes bibliographical references (pages 647-678) and index.

"Author and cultural historian Larry Len Peterson details the collision of European and Native American civilizations and the bloody aftermath that doomed a once-thriving people. Wide-ranging and brimming with fresh in- sights, American Trinity focuses on how the West was shaped by three implacable forces: Christian imperialism, Thomas Jefferson's Doctrine of Discovery, and George Armstrong Custer's hubris. As Peterson says, 'History is important. When there is no knowledge of the past, there cannot be a vision of the future'"--Provided by publisher.