Lakotas and the Black Hills The Struggle for Sacred Ground

Name: Lakotas and the Black Hills The Struggle for Sacred Ground
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ISBN: 9780143119203

ISBN-10: 0143119206

ISBN-13: 9780143119203

Edition: N/A

Authors: Jeffrey Ostler

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A concise and engrossing account of the Lakota and the battle to regain their homeland. The Lakota Indians made their home in the majestic Black Hills mountain range during the last millennium, drawing on the hills' endless bounty for physical and spiritual sustenance. Yet the arrival of white settlers brought the Lakotas into inexorable conflict with the changing world, at a time when their tribe would produce some of the most famous Native Americans in history, including Red Cloud, Sitting Bull, and Crazy Horse. Jeffrey Ostler's powerful history of the Lakotas' struggle captures the heart of a people whose deep relationship with their homeland would compel them to fight for it against…

Book details

List price: $18.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 6/28/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.03" wide x 7.50" long x 0.61" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English

Jeffrey Ostler is Associate Professor of History at the University of Oregon. He is the author of articles in such scholarly journals as Western Historical Quarterly, Great Plains Quarterly, and Pacific Historical Review.