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One Thousand White Women by Jim Fergus is a historical novel set in 1874, depicting an imagined U.S. government program, "Brides for Indians" (BFI), in which women from asylums and prisons volunteer to marry Cheyenne men. The story follows May Dodd, who escapes an unjust institutionalization by joining the program, documenting her journey and life with the Cheyenne Chief Little Wolf in her journal. The book addresses institutionalization and cultural conflict between white settlers and Native Americans.