As the descendant of a stolen people on a stolen land, I’ve struggled with this history. What choices or opportunities did we have post-Emancipation? What relationships did we have with Indigenous communities beyond or beside the Buffalo Soldiers’ role in Westward Expansion and imperial endeavors? I’ve had Black ancestors fight in every war since the Civil War, many of them labeled Buffalo Soldiers. What were their motivations? How did white leadership treat them? Did they know how they would be treated when they were discharged?