The "Clash of Cultures" Indian Wars Trails Study was a cooperative effort by the National Park Service and the Western History Association. Through the project, the National Park Service asked Western History Association historians for their assistance in identifying nationally significant trails associated with U.S. Army/American Indian campaigns in the trans-Mississippi West during the nineteenth century. The project team also was asked to determine if any of these trails might warrant further study as potential National Historic Trails. As such, the Clash of Cultures project was an opportunity for the Western History Association to provide scholarly guidance to NPS researchers and planners as they chart the course for future studies of trails

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