The Buffalo Soldiers were a segregated regiment of black cavalry fighters during the American campaign to rid the West of "Indians" so that "civilized" white people could gain the lands used by Native Americans. They were given their name by the Native Americans who called them Buffalo Soldiers because their short & curly hair was like the hair on the back of a buffalo's neck. They were compared with the buffalo's strength and tenacity. Duties were settling railroad disputes, building telegraph lines, repairing and building forts, helping settlers find a place to live and protecting the settlers from Indian attacks.
1) Who were the Buffalo Soldiers?
2) What was is the great IRONY of the Buffalo Soldier?
3) Who were America's forgotten cowboys?
4) Why would they want to be a cowboy? Would you?
5) Why haven't we ever heard their stories?
6) What are their names and stories?
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