Are you talking about the hardcover books Nat Geo sold? If so, my father used to buy them regularly. It was akin to a subscription. I used to use them for my school work. He may still have the ones you’re talking about if so.
Thanks for the tip on the NG books, will keep an eye out for them at yardsales.
It’s a shame that history is being whitewashed or altogether erased in the name of PC.
Yes and yes.
I'm not claiming the older editions are 100% accurate. But at least they made the effort rather than following the PC template prevalent today.
From my own experience, the 1950's and 1960's editions (if you can find them), launched the first efforts to tell accurate history from the Native American point of view.
The same is reflected in popular culture. One of the best Hollywood films was a John Ford movie about the Cheyenne in the early 1960's. I don't recall the title. Little Big Man and Dances With Wolves were pretty good as well, but you could see political correctness start to slip in. By the end of the 1980's, it had pretty much taken over and it has been downhill from there.