▁capital ▁and ▁labor , ▁or ▁Democr ats ▁and ▁Republic ans ), ▁American ▁history ▁was ▁character ize ▁by ▁broad ▁agreement ▁on ▁fund ament als , ▁particularly ▁the ▁virt ues ▁of ▁individual ▁liberty , ▁private ▁property , ▁and ▁capital ist ▁enter prise .</ blockquote > ▁ ▁Native ▁Americans ▁According ▁to ▁historian ▁David ▁Rich ▁Lewis , ▁American ▁popular ▁histor ies , ▁film ▁and ▁fiction ▁have ▁given ▁enorm ous ▁emphas is ▁to ▁the ▁Indian ▁wars . ▁From ▁a ▁professional ▁stand point , ▁he ▁arg ues , ▁" American ▁Indian ▁history ▁has ▁a ▁v ener able ▁past ▁and ▁bo asts ▁a ▁trem end ous ▁volume ▁of ▁scholar ship ▁jud ging ▁by ▁the ▁published ▁bibli ograph ies ." ▁ ▁Lewis ▁adds , ▁" it ▁has ▁been ▁difficult ▁to ▁dist ract ▁academ ics ▁or ▁the ▁public ▁from ▁the ▁drama ▁of ▁Indian ▁wars . ▁Most ▁of ▁the ▁older ▁histor ies ▁of ▁Indians ▁and ▁the ▁American ▁West ▁emphas ized ▁this ▁war fare ▁and ▁the ▁victim ization ▁of ▁Indian ▁pe op les ." ▁ ▁After ▁ 1 9 7 0 ▁new ▁eth n oh istor ical ▁approaches ▁appeared ▁providing ▁an ▁anth rop ological ▁perspective ▁that ▁deep ened ▁understanding ▁of ▁the ▁Indian ▁perspective . ▁The ▁new ▁scholar ly ▁emphas is ▁on ▁victim ization ▁ment ored ▁by ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁sch ol ars ▁were ▁dealing ▁more ▁har sh ly ▁with ▁the ▁U . S . ▁government ' s ▁fail ures ▁and ▁emphas izing ▁the ▁impact ▁of ▁the ▁wars ▁on ▁native ▁pe op les ▁and ▁their ▁cult ures . ▁An ▁influ ential