One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd (1998) by Jim Fergus is a historical novel that imagines a controversial and ultimately fictional U.S. government program in which white women—many from prisons and asylums—are sent west to marry Cheyenne men. The story follows May Dodd, a woman wrongfully committed to an asylum for defying societal norms, who volunteers for the “Brides for Indians” project to regain her freedom. Told through her journal, the novel explores themes of cultural conflict, identity, and the resilience of women, offering a poignant reimagining of how peace and understanding might have emerged between settlers and Native tribes in 19th-century America.