Last Days of the Sioux Nation

Name: Last Days of the Sioux Nation
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ISBN: 9780300002454

ISBN-10: 0300002459

ISBN-13: 9780300002454

Edition: 1963

Authors: Robert Marshall Utley

List price: $17.00

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This fascinating account tells what the Sioux were like when they first came to their reservation and how their reaction to the new system eventually led to the last confrontation between the Army and the Sioux at the Battle of Wounded Knee Creek. A classic work, it is now available with a new preface by the author that discusses his current thoughts about a tragic episode in American history that has raised much controversy through the years. "History as lively and gripping as good fiction." "One of the finest books on the Indian wars of the West."--Montana "A well-told, easily read account that will be the standard reference for this phase of the Indian 'problem.'"--American Historical…

Book details

List price: $17.00
Copyright year: 1963
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 9/10/1966
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 349
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Robert M. Utley is a former chief historian of the National Park Service and the author of many books and articles on western history.



List of Illustrations


Preface to the Second Edition


Preface


The Field of Wounded Knee


The Old Life


The New Life


The Land Agreement


The Indian Messiah


Crisis for the Sioux Agents


The Army Moves In


Brooke Tries for Peace


The End of Sitting Bull


Big Foot


The Search for the Miniconjous


Wounded Knee


Drexel Mission


Tightening the Ring


The Final Reckoning


Bibliography


Index