This article contains spoilers for the Netflix series ‘Little House on the Prairie’ and references to racist historical depictions of Indigenous people and African Americans. Seen by many to be a reboot of the NBC TV series (1974-83), today’s series offers a more accurate retelling of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s book series. Osage language, perspectivesThe third novel in the book series (Little House on the Prairie, following Little House in the Big Woods and Farmer Boy) focuses on the Ingalls’ move from Wisconsin to Kansas territory, where, Wilder writes, “there were no settlers”. The doctor appears in a single chapter of the Little House on the Prairie book. By providing a more expansive Little House world, they maintain a respect for Wilder’s novel while also considering contemporary questions about US history.