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Alaina E. Roberts, associate professor of history in the Kenneth P. Dietrich �鶹��ý of Arts and Sciences, appears in all four episodes of a new docuseries on the American West.

"The Real Wild West," which explores a more diverse, more accurate history of the American West, including the stories of Black cowboys, Chinese immigrants, female homesteaders and more. of Roberts talking about her own family history of the West.

That family history also informs Roberts’ book, “I’ve Been Here All the While: Black Freedom on Native Land,” which was an honorable mention for the 2023 Berkshire Conference of Women Historians Book Prize.

The series is available on CuriosityStream, Amazon Prime, Roku and AppleTV.