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Season 7, Episode 5

Our contributor found a photograph along with a note in the Lakota language dated 1904. The note claims, "This is a photograph of Crazy Horse." Does our contributor have the Holy Grail of the Wild West: a photo of the Lakota warrior who defeated General Custer? Host Elyse Luray puts this photo in context with other works by the same photographer at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC.
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Clip Season 7 Episode 5 Length 16:59 Premiere: 07/19/09

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Season 7 Episodes

Season 7, Episode 9
S7 E9 Length 54:44 Premiere Date 08/24/09

Season 7, Episode 8
S7 E8 Length 54:44 Premiere Date 08/16/09

Season 7, Episode 6
S7 E6 Length 54:44 Premiere Date 07/26/09

Season 7, Episode 5
S7 E5 Length 54:44 Premiere Date 07/19/09

Season 7, Episode 4
S7 E4 Length 54:44 Premiere Date 07/12/09

Season 7, Episode 3
S7 E3 Length 54:54 Premiere Date 07/05/09

Season 7, Episode 2
S7 E2 Length 54:54 Premiere Date 06/28/09

Season 7, Episode 1
S7 E1 Length 54:51 Premiere Date 06/21/09

Scottsboro Boys Stamp
Clip Length 17:48 Premiere Date 09/06/09

Civil War Bridge
Clip Length 16:55 Premiere Date 09/06/09

Web Extra: Civil War Bridge
Clip Length 16:06 Premiere Date 08/31/09

Tokyo Rose
Clip Length 17:20 Premiere Date 07/19/09

Crazy Horse Photo
Clip Length 16:59 Premiere Date 07/19/09

Provenance
Clip Length 02:13 Premiere Date 05/31/03

Trash or Treasure
Clip Length 01:55 Premiere Date 05/31/03

House Dating
Clip Length 02:06 Premiere Date 05/31/03

Real or Fake
Clip Length 02:19 Premiere Date 05/31/03

Preservation
Clip Length 01:39 Premiere Date 05/31/03

Causes of the Civil War
Clip Length 01:37 Premiere Date 05/31/03

Thin Section Analysis
Clip Length 01:30 Premiere Date 05/31/03

Behind the Scenes - Flintlock Rifle
Clip Length 02:49 Premiere Date 04/27/03

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