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After Wounded Knee : correspondence of Major and surgeon John Vance Lauderdale while serving with the army occupying the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 1890-1891 /
The Wounded Knee Massacre of December 29, 1890, known to U.S. military historians as the last battle in ""the Indian Wars, "" was in reality another tragic event in a larger pattern of conquest, destruction, killing, and broken promises that continue to this day. On a cold winter...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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East Lansing :
Michigan State University Press,
©1996.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The Wounded Knee Massacre of December 29, 1890, known to U.S. military historians as the last battle in ""the Indian Wars, "" was in reality another tragic event in a larger pattern of conquest, destruction, killing, and broken promises that continue to this day. On a cold winter's morning more than a century ago, the U.S. Seventh Cavalry attacked and killed more than 260 Lakota men, women, and children at Wounded Knee Creek in South Dakota. In the aftermath, the broken, twisted bodies of the Lakota people were soon covered by a blanket of snow, as a blizzard swept through th. |
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| Notas: | "Correspondence of Major and surgeon John Vance Lauderdale while serving with the army occupying the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 1890-1891." |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 184 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780870139215 0870139215 0585187940 9780585187945 |