Sitting Bull and the paradox of Lakota nationhood /

In this biography, Gary Anderson chronicles of life of the renowned victor of the Battle of Little Big Horn, legendary Lakota Chief Sitting Bull. For many decades, historians have chalked up the results of Little Big Horn to Colonel's Custer's faulty strategy of attack, and remember Sittin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Anderson, Gary Clayton, 1948-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Pearson Longman, [2007]
Edition:2nd ed.
Series:Library of American biography (New York, N.Y.)
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Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • Editor's preface
  • Author's preface
  • Prelude
  • Lakota nationhood and the Wasicun invasion
  • Sitting Bull's Tiospaye and the formulation of Sioux leadership
  • Sitting Bull and the defense of the Lakota homeland
  • Escape to Canada
  • Standing Rock and the ghost dance revival : the end of Lakota nationhood (1881-1890)
  • Epilogue
  • Study and discussion questions
  • A note on the sources
  • Index.